attempered, ppl. a.
(əˈtɛmpəd)
Also 5 -prid, 6 -pred.
[f. attemper + -ed.]
1. Qualified by due admixture; fitly blended.
| 1481 Caxton Myrr. ii. iv. 68 Two somers and two wynters..so attemprid that there is alway verdure. 1555 Fardle Facions Pref. 13 Obscure and doubtfully attempred Responcions. 1866 Pusey Mirac. Prayer 15 His own all-wise laws of attempered justice and mercy. |
2. Modified in temperature, equable, mild.
| c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems 3 The ayre attempered, the wyndes smowth and playne. 1730 Thomson Autumn 28 Attemper'd suns arise. |
3. Of persons: Tempered in character, well-balanced, subdued, sober.
| 1474 Caxton Chesse 53 He was noble and wyse and more attempered than other. 1815 Southey Roderick xv. 23 Draw on with elevating influence..the attempered mind. |
4. Suitably modified, harmonized, attuned.
| 1796 Coleridge Poet. Wks. I. 157 Harmonize The attemper'd organ. |
5. Of metals: Tempered. Also fig.
| 1852 Tennyson Ode Wellington v, A man of well-attemper'd frame. 1864 Neale Seaton. Poems 9 Well-attemper'd sword. |
† 6. Having temper or disposition; constituted.
| 1627 Feltham Resolves ii. lxxii. (1677) 313 Nor can men so attempered, injoy themselves in all the smiles of Fortune. |