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obtemperate

obtemperate verb: to obey, comply or submit to.

Verb

obtemperate (third-person singular simple present obtemperates, present participle obtemperating, simple past and past participle obtemperated)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To obey, comply or submit to.
    • […]penalty of not obtemperating the interlocutory order of the court1752, Lord Andrew MacDowall Bankton, An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be obedient or submissive.

Forms of obtemperate

third-person singular presentobtemperates
present participleobtemperating
past participleobtemperated
pastobtemperated

Origin of obtemperate

Borrowed from Latin obtemperātus, perfect passive participle of obtemperō (“to obey”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of obtemper.

Questions about obtemperate

What does obtemperate mean?
Obtemperate means to obey, comply or submit to.
What part of speech is obtemperate?
Obtemperate is a verb.
What is the past tense of obtemperate?
The past tense of obtemperate is obtemperated.

Words near obtemperate in the dictionary

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

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