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obtemperated

obtemperated is the simple past and past participle of obtemperate.

Meaning of obtemperate

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.

Questions about obtemperated

What is obtemperated the simple past and past participle of?
Obtemperated is the simple past and past participle of obtemperate.

Words near obtemperated in the dictionary

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

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