What does attemper mean?
Attemper means To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities..
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/əˈtɛm.pə(ɹ)/ · verb
To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities..
But we must add, that she did say, by way of attempering her pleasure: "Well! I must say I never saw a finer young man in my life—indeed I don’t know that the court of Great Britain quite boasts his equal...
Thus fairely she attempered her feast, / And pleasd them all with meete satietie [...].
They tempt no conflict, no revenge provoke, But meet oppression in its daring course, With wisdom's ample shield, of Heaven attemper'd force.
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Attemper means To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities..
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But we must add, that she did say, by way of attempering her pleasure: "Well! I must say I never saw a finer young man in my life—indeed I don’t know that the court of Great Britain quite boasts his equal...
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