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) (transitive, Scotland after the 17th century) To obey, comply or submit to. [with direct object] [c. 1475–1865] (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 vocative masculine singular of obtemperātus