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attemper

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8 lettersPronunciation /əˈtɛm.pə(ɹ)/Part of speech verbSorted aeemprttStarts with AEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. modify the temperature of

Word origin

From Middle English attempren, from Old French atemprer (French attremper), from Latin attemperare. Doublet of attemperate.

Used in a sentence

  • But we must add, that she did say, by way of attempering her pleasure: "Well! I must say I never saw a finer young man in my life—indeed I don’t know that the court of Great Britain quite boasts his equal...
  • Thus fairely she attempered her feast, / And pleasd them all with meete satietie [...].
  • They tempt no conflict, no revenge provoke, But meet oppression in its daring course, With wisdom's ample shield, of Heaven attemper'd force.

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