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Webster 1913 Edition

Attemperate

At-tem′per-ate

,

Adj.

[L.

attemperatus

, p. p. of

attemperare

. See

.]

Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.

Hope must be . . .

attemperate

to the promise.

Hammond.

At-tem′per-ate

,

Verb.

T.

To attemper.

[Archaic]

Webster 1828 Edition

Attemperate

ATTEM'PERATE

,

Adj.

[L. attemperatus.]

Tempered; proportioned; suited.

Hope must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise.

ATTEM'PERATE

,

Verb.

T.

To attemper. [Not in use.]