Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To attemper; regulate.
- In brewing and distilling, to regulate the temperature of, as the wort.
- Tempered; proportioned; suited.
- Moderate; equable; mild: applied to climate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.
- transitive verb Archaic To attemper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic To
attemper .
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Examples
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Modestus is as much to say as attemperate which is one of the cardinal virtues, and two extremities go round about every virtue, and the virtue abideth in the midst.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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Thus the blessed George was high in despising low things, and therefore he had verdure in himself, he was attemperate by discretion, and therefore he had wine of gladness, and within he was plane of humility, and thereby put he forth wheat of good works.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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And therefore Modestus was attemperate by means of virtues that were in him.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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Then Alban, having pity on them, sorrowed by great affection for them and said: Lord, that madest man's body of earth, and his soul unto thy likeness, suffer not these creatures to perish for any cause committed in me, and blessed Lord make the air attemperate and send them water to refresh them.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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