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† aˈttempre, a. Obs.
Also 4–5 atempre(e.
[a. OF. atempré pa. pple. of atemprer to attemper.]
1. Temperate, moderate, well-regulated.
1340Ayenb. 254 Yef þou louest to bi sobre and atempre..zete ane brydel to þine couaytises. c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. iv. 40 Þi wif þat is attempre of witte. c1386― Nun's Pr. T. 18 Attempree [v.r. attemper, -pre(e] diete was al hir phisik.
2. Of climate, etc.: Temperate, equable, mild.
c1400Mandeville xiv. 157 Ynde the more..is a fulle hoot Contree; and Ynde the lesse, is a fulle atempree contrey. 1426Pol. Poems (1859) II. 139 Thatempre wedir lusty and benigne. 1555Fardle Facions ii. xi. 260 Ayre..so attempre and pure. |