Obs. rare. [Known only in Ph. Holland; ? suggested by L. temperāre.] intr. To beat lightly, to tap; to continue tapping, to TABOR.
1606. Holland, Sueton., Annot. 15. The maner of these priestes … was to beat the Taber or tamper upon the Timbril, which is expressed here in these words, Orbem digito temeperat. Ibid., 29. It will sound like a taber or drum, if one tamper upon it.
