attemperate

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/əˈtɛm.pə.ɹət/

adjective

tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.

OriginLatin attemperatus →
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Meanings

adjectiveattemperate (comparative more attemperate, superlative most attemperate)

comparative more attemperate · superlative most attemperate

  1. archaictempered; proportioned; properly adapted.

    Hope must be […] attemperate to the promise.

    1644, Henry Hammond, Practical Catechism
verbattemperate (third-person singular simple present attemperates, present participle attemperating, simple past and past participle attemperated)

present singular third person attemperates · participle present attemperating · participle past attemperated · past attemperated

  1. archaicTo attemper.

Origin

  1. Latinattemperatus
  2. Englishattemperate

Borrowed from Latin attemperatus. Doublet of attemper.

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APA

attemperate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attemperate

MLA

“attemperate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attemperate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attemperate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attemperate.

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