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obtemperates

obtemperates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 obtemperates

What is obtemperates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Obtemperates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of obtemperate.

Words near obtemperates in the dictionary

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

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