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Attemper   Listen
verb
Attemper  v. t.  (past & past part. attempered; pres. part. attempering)  
1.
To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature. "If sweet with bitter... were not attempered still."
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." Note: This word is now not much used, the verb temper taking its place.





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"Attemper" Quotes from Famous Books



... that celestial forest, whose thick shade With lively greenness the new-springing day Attemper'd, eager now to roam, and search Its limits round, forthwith I left the bank; Along the champain leisurely my way Pursuing, o'er the ground, that on all sides Delicious odour breathed. A pleasant air That intermitted never, never veer'd, Smote on my temples, gently as a wind Of softest influence, ...
— Ravenna, A Study • Edward Hutton


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