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

Derived Forms

• atˈtemperment, noun

Other Words From

• unat·tempered adjective

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

Example Sentences

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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