† aˈttempre, a. Obs.
Also 4–5 atempre(e.
[a. OF. atempré pa. pple. of atemprer to attemper.]
1. Temperate, moderate, well-regulated.
| 1340 Ayenb. 254 Yef þou louest to bi sobre and atempre..zete ane brydel to þine couaytises. c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. iv. 40 Þi wif þat is attempre of witte. c 1386 ― Nun's Pr. T. 18 Attempree [v.r. attemper, -pre(e] diete was al hir phisik. |
2. Of climate, etc.: Temperate, equable, mild.
| c 1400 Mandeville xiv. 157 Ynde the more..is a fulle hoot Contree; and Ynde the lesse, is a fulle atempree contrey. 1426 Pol. Poems (1859) II. 139 Thatempre wedir lusty and benigne. 1555 Fardle Facions ii. xi. 260 Ayre..so attempre and pure. |