[f. prec. ppl. adj.]

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  † 1.  To moderate or regulate; to accommodate or adapt (to); = ATTEMPER 5, 6. Obs.

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c. 1561.  Veron, Free-Will, 62 a. Christ did attemperat & order his answers according to the persons yt he did talke withal.

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1645.  Hammond, Pract. Catech., 68 (J.). Hope … must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise.

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a. 1711.  Ken, Psyche, Poet. Wks. 1721, IV. 303. Love best attemperates both Food and Sleep.

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  2.  To modify in temperature; to make warmer or colder as may be required; = ATTEMPER 2.

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1605.  Timme, Quersit., II. vii. 134. It will attemperate and dissolve the most hard ise.

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1756.  C. Lucas, Ess. Waters, III. 347. We may use our warm baths, properly attemperated … in all weather.

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1875.  [see ATTEMPERATING ppl. a.]

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