資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Attemper \At*tem"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attempered}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Attempering}.] [OF. atemprer, fr. L. attemperare;
   ad + temperare to soften, temper. See {Temper}, and cf.
   {Attemperate}.]
   1. To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to
      regulate, as temperature.

            If sweet with bitter . . . were not attempered
            still.                                --Trench.

   2. To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as,
      to attemper rigid justice with clemency.

   3. To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well
      attempered with kindness and justice.

   4. To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.

            Arts . . . attempered to the lyre.    --Pope.

   Note: This word is now not much used, the verb temper taking
         its place.