attemper

attemper is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.
2. transitive verb. To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.
3. transitive verb. To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice.
4. transitive verb. To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.
5. verb. modify the temperature of

   "attemper the air"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in attemper:

attempre

Common word forms

attempers, attempered, attempering

Words from these letters

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