Obtest vs Confirm - What's the difference?
obtest | confirm | Related terms |
(archaic, ambitransitive) To implore, beseech, plead, beg.
(archaic, ambitransitive) To call on a witness (often God) to confirm that something is true.
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
(Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
Obtest is a related term of confirm.
As verbs the difference between obtest and confirm
is that obtest is (archaic|ambitransitive) to implore, beseech, plead, beg while confirm is to strengthen; to make firm or resolute.obtest
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(en verb)- (Dryden)
confirm
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Alternative forms
* confirme (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.