Associations to the word «Attemper»

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Wiktionary

ATTEMPER, verb. To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities.
ATTEMPER, verb. To mitigate, assuage.
ATTEMPER, verb. (archaic) To regulate, arrange, organise.

Dictionary definition

ATTEMPER, verb. Modify the temperature of; "attemper the air".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke