▪ I. † ˈtempre, a. Obs.
Also 4–5 temper(e, 5 tempur(e.
[a. AF., OF. tempré (12th c. in Godef.), pa. pple. of temprer to temper. The final -e, originally pronounced, became at length mute: cf. assign, costive.]
Tempered; temperate.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter l. 1 It is a tempre kynd of praiynge. Ibid. cxxxvii. 5 All tempre men, þat gouernes þair flesch in mesure. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 128 Now hadde the tempre sonne al that releuyd. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 130 Large of ȝifftes and ryght ffre, Wondur fair and ryght tempere. 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 247 Slepe..vpon a nessh Bedde and in a place tempure. |
▪ II. tempre, -en
obs. forms of temper v.