antestor

antestor ātus, ārī, dep.

an- (for ambi-) + testor, in law, to call as a witness, summon to testify (the summoner said, licet antestari? the summoned offered his ear to be touched): Licet antestari? Ego vero Oppono auriculam, H.—In gen., to call to witness, invoke : te.