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Definition of Attempering
1. attemper [v] - See also: attemper
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Literary usage of Attempering
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1. Oxford University Statutes by University of Oxford, George Robert Michael Ward, James Heywood (1851)
"Of fashioning and attempering Philosophical Institution to Divine Truth. IN like
manner it is enacted, that the lecturers in philosophy ehall, whenever they ..."
2. Euripides by Euripides, Robert Potter (1832)
"attempering to the chorded shell, That loves to guide the mazy-winding feet,
Whilst the whispering reed around 1125 Breathes a soft responsive sound, ..."
3. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1860)
"Through a style sometimes Eastern in flush and fervor, and again tropical in heat
and luxuriance, were always seen the adjusting and attempering habit of ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... With trembling tenderness of hope and fear Pleasingly pam'd, was all employ'd
for her ; The rouz'd emotions warring in her breast, attempering, ..."
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