▪ I. † aˈttemperate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. attemperātus, pa. pple. of attemperāre: see above, and cf. the earlier attempre.]
1. Temperate, moderate, well-regulated.
| c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶407 (Tyrwhitt), Attemperat [v.r. attempree] speche. 1477 Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 36 Be attemperate at thy mete. 1534 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) H ij, This good emperoure was..attemperate in his exercyses. |
2. Of climate, etc.: Temperate, equable, mild.
| c 1300 St. Brandan 55 The londe Attemperate ne to hote ne to colde. 1480 Caxton Descr. Brit. 47 The attemperate hete and colde that is therein. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. II. ccxxiv. (R.) The ayre was more attemparate there. |
3. Well-proportioned.
| 1485 Caxton Chas. Gt. 198 Hyr mouth was wel composed with an attemperat roundenes. |
▪ II. attemperate, v.
(əˈtɛmpəreɪt)
[f. prec. ppl. adj.]
† 1. To moderate or regulate; to accommodate or adapt (to); = attemper 5, 6. Obs.
| c 1561 Veron Free Will 62 a, Christ did attemperat and order his answers according to the persons that he did talke withal. 1644 Hammond Pract. Catech. (J.) Hope must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise. a 1711 Ken Psyche Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 303 Love best attemperates both Food and Sleep. |
2. To modify in temperature; to make warmer or colder as may be required; = attemper 2.
| 1605 Timme Quersit. ii. vii. 134 It will attemperate and dissolve the most hard ise. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 347 We may use our warm baths, properly attemperated..in all weather. 1875 [see attemperating ppl. a.] |