"obtestation" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1652 January 12 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 2 January 1652]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Antonio asserted this with great obtestation.",
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          "text": "[T]he ten thousand Judiths press up, resistless; with obtestations, with outspread hands,—merely to speak to the Mayor.",
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        "The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation."
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        "(archaic) The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation."
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