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ATTEMPER
attemper
(verb) modify the temperature of; “attemper the air”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
attemper (third-person singular simple present attempers, present participle attempering, simple past and past participle attempered)
To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities.
To mitigate, assuage.
(archaic) To regulate, arrange, organise.
Anagrams
• attempre
Source: Wiktionary
At*tem"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attempered; p. pr. & vb. n. Attempering.] Etym: [OF. atemprer, fr. L. attemperare; ad + temperare to soften, temper. See Temper, and cf. Attemperate.]
1. To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature. If sweet with bitter . . . were not attempered still. Trench.
2. To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.
3. To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice.
4. To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt. Arts . . . attempered to the lyre. Pope.
Note: This word is now not much used, the verb temper taking its place.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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