obtemper

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verb

To obey (a judgement, rule, decree etx.).

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Meanings

verbobtemper (third-person singular simple present obtempers, present participle obtempering, simple past and past participle obtempered)

present singular third person obtempers · participle present obtempering · participle past obtempered · past obtempered

  1. ScotlandtransitivelawTo 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 Sentence

    1712, Charles Nice Davies, The Present State of the Parties in Great Britain

Origin

See obtemperate.

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APA

obtemper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obtemper

MLA

“obtemper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obtemper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obtemper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obtemper.

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