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attempered

attempered is the simple past and past participle of attemper.

Adjective

attempered (comparative more attempered, superlative most attempered)

  1. Modified by admixture; well blended.
  2. Of a moderate temperature; mild.
    • Attemper'd Suns arise, / Sweet-beam'd […].a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
  3. Having a moderate temperament; sober.

Meaning of attemper

Verb

attemper (third-person singular simple present attempers, present participle attempering, simple past and past participle attempered)

  1. To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities.
  2. To mitigate, assuage.
    • But we must add, that she did say, by way of attempering her pleasure: "Well! I must say I never saw a finer young man in my life—indeed I don’t know that the court of Great Britain quite boasts his equal...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 86
  3. (archaic) To regulate, arrange, organise.
    • Thus fairely she attempered her feast, / And pleasd them all with meete satietie [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of attempered

comparativemore attempered
superlativemost attempered

Words formed from attempered

Questions about attempered

What does attempered mean?
Attempered means modified by admixture; well blended.
What is attempered the simple past and past participle of?
Attempered is the simple past and past participle of attemper.
What part of speech is attempered?
Attempered is an adjective.

Words near attempered in the dictionary

  1. attemperating
  2. attemperation
  3. attemperations
  4. attemperator
  5. attemperators
  6. attempered
  7. attempereth
  8. attempering
  9. attemperly
  10. attemperment
  11. attempers

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