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attemper
[uh-tem-per]
verb (used with object)
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 byto ).
attemper
/ əˈɛə /
verb
to modify by blending; temper
to moderate or soothe
to accommodate or bring into harmony
Other 51Թ Forms
- unattempered adjective
- ˈٱԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
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.
May she become all attempered and ennobled by this music.
But his Maker dowered him with a mind attempered to defiance of every difficulty.
The singing of birds cannot possibly be ‘attempered’ to the notes of a human voice.
It was evident that neither fire nor clothing would, in an habitation like that, attemper the chilling blasts.
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