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

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

Latin

Participle

obtemperāte

1. vocative masculine singular of obtemperātus