Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to attemper
Participle: attempered
Gerund: attempering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | attemper |
| you | attemper |
| he;she;it | attempers |
| we | attemper |
| you | attemper |
| they | attemper |
Perfect
| I | have attempered |
| you | have attempered |
| he;she;it | has attempered |
| we | have attempered |
| you | have attempered |
| they | have attempered |
Past
| I | attempered |
| you | attempered |
| he;she;it | attempered |
| we | attempered |
| you | attempered |
| they | attempered |
Pluperfect
| I | had attempered |
| you | had attempered |
| he;she;it | had attempered |
| we | had attempered |
| you | had attempered |
| they | had attempered |
Future
| I | will attemper |
| you | will attemper |
| he;she;it | will attemper |
| we | will attemper |
| you | will attemper |
| they | will attemper |
Future Perfect
| I | will have attempered |
| you | will have attempered |
| he;she;it | will have attempered |
| we | will have attempered |
| you | will have attempered |
| they | will have attempered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | attemper |
| you | attemper |
| he;she;it | attemper |
| we | attemper |
| you | attemper |
| they | attemper |
Perfect
| I | have attempered |
| you | have attempered |
| he;she;it | have attempered |
| we | have attempered |
| you | have attempered |
| they | have attempered |
Imperfect
| I | attempered |
| you | attempered |
| he;she;it | attempered |
| we | attempered |
| you | attempered |
| they | attempered |
Pluperfect
| I | had attempered |
| you | had attempered |
| he;she;it | had attempered |
| we | had attempered |
| you | had attempered |
| they | had attempered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would attemper |
| you | would attemper |
| he;she;it | would attemper |
| we | would attemper |
| you | would attemper |
| they | would attemper |
Perfect
| I | would have attempered |
| you | would have attempered |
| he;she;it | would have attempered |
| we | would have attempered |
| you | would have attempered |
| they | would have attempered |
Imperative
| you | attemper |
| we | Let's attemper |
| you | attemper |
Verbs conjugated like 'attemper'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'attemper'
attempre,
attempt,
austemper,
martemper,
obtemper,
retemper,
temper,
untemper,
attame,
attemperate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English attempren, from Old French atemprer (French attremper), from Latin attemperare. Doublet of attemperate.
Sample Sentences
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But we must add, that she did say, by way of attempering her pleasure: "Well! I must say I never saw a finer young man in my life—indeed I don’t know that the court of Great Britain quite boasts his equal... [1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 86:]
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Thus fairely she attempered her feast, / And pleasd them all with meete satietie [...]. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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They tempt no conflict, no revenge provoke,
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But meet oppression in its daring course,
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With wisdom's ample shield, of Heaven attemper'd force. [1815, Lydia Sigourney, Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse, On the Convention at Hartford, page 246:]