obtemperate

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive, Scotland after the 17th century) To obey, comply or submit to. [with direct object] [c. 1475–1865]
   • 1752, Lord Andrew MacDowall Bankton, An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights:

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

2. (intransitive) To be obedient or submissive. [with to] [c. 1533–1889]

References

• “obtemperate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Participle

obtemperāte

1. vocative masculine singular of obtemperātus