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obtemperating

obtemperating is the present participle and gerund 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 obtemperating

What is obtemperating the present participle and gerund of?
Obtemperating is the present participle and gerund of obtemperate.

Words near obtemperating in the dictionary

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

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