† entemperv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive.
a. To temper, qualify by admixture; to modify or moderate by blending with something of different or opposite quality.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture
tempera1000
entemperc1290
attemper1393
powdera1425
grade1889
c1290 Lives Saints (1887) 319 Euerech of þeos foure elemenz entempriez oþur.
c1400 tr. Lanfranc's Cirurgie 29 The neschenesse is entempered & ystrengthyde.
b. To modify the temperature of (e.g. water).
ΚΠ
c1290 Lives Saints (1887) 319 Ake ȝif þov nimst riȝt puyr hot watur and dost cold þar-to Þov miȝt it makien euene wlach and entempri it so.
2. To moderate, to restrain; = attemper v. 4.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)]
pindeOE
steerc950
hold971
forbidc1000
withstewc1175
withholdc1200
stewa1225
crempa1250
bistintc1300
i-stillc1315
withdraw1340
entemperc1380
rebukec1380
forfenda1382
refraina1382
refrainc1390
restraina1393
restayc1400
retainc1415
to hold abackc1440
overholda1450
reclaim?c1450
revokec1450
bedwynge1480
sniba1500
repressa1525
rein1531
inhibit1535
to keep back1535
cohibit1544
reprimec1550
lithe1552
to rein up1574
check1581
embridle1583
to rein in1593
retrench1594
refrenate1599
to hold back1600
snip1601
becheck1605
sneap1611
trasha1616
supersede1645
reprimand1689
snape1691
to clap a guy on1814
to pull up1861
to pull in1893
withstrain1904
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 164 Entempre þou beter þy tonge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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