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obtemper

obtemper verb: to obey (a judgement, rule, decree etx.).

Verb

obtemper (third-person singular simple present obtempers, present participle obtempering, simple past and past participle obtempered)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To obey (a judgement, rule, decree etx.).
    • and after reading thereof, enquir'd at him, if he would obtemper the famin; to which he answer'd, That he could not comply with, or would he obtemper the said Sentence1712, Charles Nice Davies, The Present State of the Parties in Great Britain

Forms of obtemper

third-person singular presentobtempers
present participleobtempering
past participleobtempered
pastobtempered

Origin of obtemper

See obtemperate.

Questions about obtemper

What does obtemper mean?
Obtemper means to obey (a judgement, rule, decree etx.).
What part of speech is obtemper?
Obtemper is a verb.
What is the past tense of obtemper?
The past tense of obtemper is obtempered.

Words near obtemper in the dictionary

  1. obtect
  2. obtected
  3. obtectomeran
  4. obtectomerans
  5. obtein
  6. obtemper
  7. obtemperate
  8. obtemperated
  9. obtemperates
  10. obtemperating
  11. obtempered

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