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2. To beseech; to supplicate; to beg
for. [R.]

Ob*test", v. i. To protest.
[R.] E. Waterhouse.

Ob`tes*ta"tion (?), n. [L.
obtestatio.] The act of obtesting; supplication;
protestation. [R.]

Antonio asserted this with great
obtestation.

Ob`trec*ta"tion (?), n. [L.
obtrectatio, from obtrectare to detract from through
envy. See Detract.] Slander; detraction; calumny.
[Obs.] Barrow.

Ob*trude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Obtruded, p. pr. & vb. n.
Obtruding.] [L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob
(see Ob-) + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]
1. To thrust impertinently; to present without
warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a
company.

The objects of our senses obtrude their
particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no.


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