A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1513
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Attemper, -yr, v. [ME. attemper (Chaucer), attempre, OF. atemprer, L. attemperāre.] tr. To modify, moderate, regulate. —1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 97 (attempyr thame for thy). c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 249 (the air attemperit, sobir, and amene).
