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obtempering

obtempering is the present participle and gerund of obtemper.

Meaning of obtemper

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

Questions about obtempering

What is obtempering the present participle and gerund of?
Obtempering is the present participle and gerund of obtemper.

Words near obtempering in the dictionary

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

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