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▪ I. † aˈttemperate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. attemperātus, pa. pple. of attemperāre: see above, and cf. the earlier attempre.]
1. Temperate, moderate, well-regulated.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋407 (Tyrwhitt), Attemperat [v.r. attempree] speche. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 36 Be attemperate at thy mete. 1534Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) H ij, This good emperoure was..attemperate in his exercyses.
2. Of climate, etc.: Temperate, equable, mild.
c1300St. Brandan 55 The londe Attemperate ne to hote ne to colde. 1480Caxton Descr. Brit. 47 The attemperate hete and colde that is therein. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. II. ccxxiv. (R.) The ayre was more attemparate there.
3. Well-proportioned.
1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 198 Hyr mouth was wel composed with an attemperat roundenes.
▪ II. attemperate, v.|əˈtɛmpəreɪt|
[f. prec. ppl. adj.]
†1. To moderate or regulate; to accommodate or adapt (to); = attemper 5, 6. Obs.
c1561Veron Free Will 62 a, Christ did attemperat and order his answers according to the persons that he did talke withal. 1644Hammond Pract. Catech. (J.) Hope must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise. a1711Ken Psyche Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 303 Love best attemperates both Food and Sleep.
2. To modify in temperature; to make warmer or colder as may be required; = attemper 2.
1605Timme Quersit. ii. vii. 134 It will attemperate and dissolve the most hard ise. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 347 We may use our warm baths, properly attemperated..in all weather. 1875[see attemperating ppl. a.] |