obtemperate

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verb

To obey, comply or submit to.

OriginLatin obtemperātus →
First used c. 1475–1865Scrabble 17
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Meanings

verbobtemperate (third-person singular simple present obtemperates, present participle obtemperating, simple past and past participle obtemperated)

present singular third person obtemperates · participle present obtemperating · participle past obtemperated · past obtemperated

  1. ScotlandobsoletetransitiveTo obey, comply or submit to.First known use c. 1475–1865

    […]penalty of not obtemperating the interlocutory order of the court

    1752, Lord Andrew MacDowall Bankton, An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights
  2. intransitiveobsoleteTo be obedient or submissive.First known use c. 1533–1889

Origin

  1. Latinobtemperātus
  2. Englishobtemperate

Borrowed from Latin obtemperātus, perfect passive participle of obtemperō (“to obey”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of obtemper.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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