ATTEMPER Definition & Meaning

attemper

[ uh-tem-per ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

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

attemper

/ əˈ��ɛ��ə /

verb

to modify by blending; temper
to moderate or soothe
to accommodate or bring into harmony

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Derived Forms

��ˈ�ٱ𳾱��Գ�, noun

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Other �y��vlog Forms

�ܲ�a��·�ٱ�p�� adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of attemper¹

1325–75; Middle English attemperen < Latin ��ٳٱ𳾱�� to adjust ( at-, temper ); replacing Middle English attempren < Middle French attemprer < Latin, as above

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Hence all the Evacuations are restrained; the Humours causing and nourishing the Diseases are not at all attempered, diluted, nor rendered proper for Evacuation.

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May she become all attempered and ennobled by this music.

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But his Maker dowered him with a mind attempered to defiance of every difficulty.

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The singing of birds cannot possibly be ‘attempered’ to the notes of a human voice.

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

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