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Webster 1913 Edition
Attemperate
At-tem′per-ate
,Adj.
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.
Tempered; proportioned; suited.
Hope must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise.
ATTEM'PERATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
attemperate
attemperate
English
Adjective
attemperate (comparative more attemperate, superlative most attemperate)
- Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.
- Hammond
- Hope must be […] attemperate to the promise.
- Hammond
Verb
attemperate (third-person singular simple present attemperates, present participle attemperating, simple past and past participle attemperated)
- (archaic) To attemper.
Latin
Verb
attemperāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of attemperō
References
- attemperate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- attemperate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “attemperate”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.