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Attemper

verb
(past & past part. attempered; pres. part. attempering)
1.
Modify the temperature of.





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"Attemper" Quotes from Famous Books



... with; interlard &c. (interpolate) 228; intertwine, interweave &c. 219; associate with; miscegenate[obs3]. be mixed &c.; get among, be entangled with. instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper[obs3], medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... unto our good brother, and to require of him on our behalf his good address and best advice. Of his answer we require you to advertise us with all diligence, for according thereunto we intend to attemper our proceedings. We have lately had advertisements how that our said good brother should, by the labour of divers affectionate Papists, be minded to set forth something with his clergy in advancement of the pope ...
— The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) • James Anthony Froude


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