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tempestive
tempestive, a. arch. (tɛmˈpɛstɪv) [ad. L. tempestīvus timely: see tempest and -ive.] 1. Timely, seasonable.1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. ix. §60 That prouidence which the King of Scotland..vsed, was, as more tempestiue, so more commendable. 1620 Venner Via Recta vii. 107 The moderate and tempestiue... Oxford English Dictionary
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tempestivious
† tempeˈstivious, a. Obs. rare—1. [Erron. for *tempestivous, f. as prec. + -ous.] Seasonable; = tempestive 1.1574 Newton Health Mag. 6 Exercise fittest to be vsed..in seasonable and tempestiuious times of the yeare. Oxford English Dictionary
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intempestive
intempestive, a. (ɪntɛmˈpɛstɪv) [ad. L. intempestīv-us, f. in- (in-3) + tempestīvus seasonable, tempestive. Cf. F. intempestif, -ive (1579 in Hatz.).] Untimely, unseasonable, inopportune.1548 [implied in intempestively]. 1604 Supplic. Masse Priests viii, The disturbance that might have growne by suc... Oxford English Dictionary
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tempestivity
† tempeˈstivity Obs. [ad. L. tempestīvitās, f. tempestīv-us tempestive: see -ity.] 1. Seasonableness, timeliness.1576 Newton Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 124 Appointing to each function his proper turne, and tempestiuity. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 287 Since their [Jews'] dispersion and habitation in... Oxford English Dictionary
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proffer
▪ I. proffer, n. (ˈprɒfə(r)) Forms: 4–6 profre, 4–8 profer, 5 profire, -ure, -yre, etc.: see the vb. [ME. profre, a. AF. profre (a 1240 in Godef.), OF. poroffe, *poroffre, vbl. n. f. poroffrir: see next.] An act of proffering; an offer. 1. The act of offering or presenting something for acceptance, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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