attemperate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ATTEM'PERATE, adjective [Latin attemperatus.] Tempered; proportioned; suited. Hope must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise. ATTEM'PERATE, verb transitive To attemper. [Not in use.]
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