| 单词 | obtemperate |
| 释义 | ▪ I. † obtemperate, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 6–7 Sc. -at.
[ad. L. obtemperāt-us, pa. pple. of obtemperāre: see prec.]
a. as adj. Obedient, submissive.
b. as Sc. pa. pple. of next: Obeyed, complied with.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 213 The body scholde be..obtemperate [Trev. buxom] to the sawle. 1533Bellenden Livy i. (1822) 51 Ye wald sone have obtemperat, and obeyit my chargis. 1676Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xii. (1848) 446 Others who had not obtemperat the act.
▪ II. obtemperate, v.|əbˈtɛmpəreɪt|
[f. L. obtemperāt-, ppl. stem of obtemperāre: see obtemper.]
1. = obtemper 1.
a. trans.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 219 Duke Harolde, thenkynge better to obtemperate and favoure the cuntre raþer then the private profite of his broþer. 1611Cotgr., Obtemperer, to obtemperate, obey. 1653A. Wilson Jas. I, 104 The King had fit Instruments..that could fit and obtemperate the Kings humour. 1766W. Gordon Gen. Counting-ho. 340 When the order given is obtemperated by acceptance. 1865Blackw. Mag. Sept. 343 After a violent quarrel the guides obtemperated his commands.
b. intr. with to: To be obedient.
c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 1036 Desiryng..to obtemperate to his pleasur & affection. 1884A. A. Watts Life Alaric Watts I. 33 To this suggestion he flatly declined to obtemperate. 1889Sat. Rev. 20 July 64/1 The Marxists refused to obtemperate to any such demand.
†2. = obtemper 2. Sc. Obs. rare.
1560Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 283 Quhairfoir we wald that ȝe obtemperat Ȝour will with wit, and ȝour mind mitigat.
So † obˈtemperance, † obtempeˈration. Obs.
1623Cockeram, Obtemporance, obeying. 1611Cotgr., Obtemperation, obtemperation, obedience. 1658Phillips, Obtemperation, an obeying, a yielding obedience. |
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