单词 | obtemperate |
释义 | † obtemperateadj. Obsolete. rare. Obedient, submissive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] tholemodec1000 bowinga1340 subjectc1384 enclinant1400 yoldena1413 subjective1417 prostratec1425 obtemperate?a1475 subjected1550 subject-like1553 submiss1570 submissive1572 yielding1578 obnoxious1591 subordinate1594 subjectly1596 yieldable1603 dejective1611 passive1616 awebound1631 succumbent1647 resigning1648 complaisant1676 ovine1676 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 213 The body scholde be..obtemperate [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. buxom; L. obtemperans] to the sawle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † obtemperatev. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. = obtemper v. 2a. Scottish after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > obey or be obedient to [verb (transitive)] hearsumc900 hearc950 buxomc1305 obeya1325 servea1325 obeisha1382 obtempera1475 obtemperate?a1475 follow1523 mind1559 obseque1720 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 219 Duke Harolde, thenkynge better to obtemperate and favoure the cuntre raþer then the private profite of his broþer. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xi. 67 Ȝe wald sone haue obtemperat and obeyit my chargis. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Obtemperer, to obtemperate, obey. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 104 The King had fit Instruments..that could fit and obtemperate the Kings humour. a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 446 Others who had not obtemperat the act. 1731 Ayr Presbytery Reg. 8 Dec. 449 They appoint John Meikle to obtemperate the s[a]id sentences of the session. 1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 340 When the order given is obtemperated by acceptance. 1865 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 343 After a violent quarrel the guides obtemperated his commands. b. intransitive. = obtemper v. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > obey or be obedient [verb (intransitive)] bow?c1225 obeyc1375 obeisha1382 clinea1400 obtempera1492 obtemperate?1533 say1588 tell1859 ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Uiv v Desiryng..to obtemperate to his pleasur and affection. 1884 A. A. Watts Life Alaric Watts I. 33 To this suggestion he flatly declined to obtemperate. 1889 Sat. Rev. 20 July 64/1 The Marxists refused to obtemperate to any such demand. 2. transitive. Scottish = obtemper v. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > control oneself or the emotions [verb (transitive)] govern1340 sober1390 obtempera1492 refrain?1521 control1568 obtemperate1575 command1586 smother1594 subject1620 controla1627 possess1643 reduce1643 devour1650 stiflea1683 to wrestle down1808 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > make moderate (behaviour) [verb (transitive)] tempera1050 methea1200 measure1340 refrainc1384 attemperc1386 obtempera1492 temperatea1568 obtemperate1575 soberize1707 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 40 Quhairfoir we wald that ȝe obtemperat Ȝour will with wit, and ȝour mind mitigat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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