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attemper

[ uh-tem-per ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.
  1. to modify or moderate by mixing or blending with something different or opposite.
  2. to regulate or modify the temperature of.
  3. to soothe; mollify; mitigate.
  4. to accommodate; adapt (usually followed by to ).


attemper

/ əˈtɛmpə /

verb

  1. to modify by blending; temper
  2. to moderate or soothe
  3. to accommodate or bring into harmony
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • atˈtemperment, noun
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Other Words From

  • unat·tempered adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of attemper1

1325–75; Middle English attemperen < Latin attemperāre to adjust ( at-, temper ); replacing Middle English attempren < Middle French attemprer < Latin, as above
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Example Sentences

Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-line; Her lion-port, her awe-commanding face, Attemper'd sweet to virgin-grace.

Of his answer we require you to advertise us with all diligence, for according thereunto we intend to attemper our proceedings.

It was evident that neither fire nor clothing would, in an habitation like that, attemper the chilling blasts.

Lifted sashes and lofty ceilings were insufficient to attemper it.

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