attemper
Americanverb (used with object)
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to modify or moderate by mixing or blending with something different or opposite.
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to regulate or modify the temperature of.
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to soothe; mollify; mitigate.
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to accommodate; adapt (usually followed byto ).
verb
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to modify by blending; temper
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to moderate or soothe
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to accommodate or bring into harmony
Other Word Forms
- attemperment noun
- unattempered adjective
Etymology
Origin of attemper
1325–75; Middle English attemperen < Latin attemperāre to adjust ( at-, temper ); replacing Middle English attempren < Middle French attemprer < Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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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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