obtemperate

English

Etymology

From Latin obtemperare, obtemperatum (to obey).

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To obey or to conform to the prescribed rule or law.
    • 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

References

Latin

Participle

obtemperāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of obtemperātus
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