[f. prec. after Lat., or Eng. and Fr. analogies: see -MENT. Cf. OF. atemprement.] The bringing to a proper temper; mixture in due proportions.
1630. Brathwait, Eng. Gentl. (1641), 355. An attemperament of both those indisposed fancies … by seasoning them both with an indifferent temper.
1836. Tracts for Times, lxvii. 5. The efficacy of the whole depends upon the attemperament of the several portions.
1864. Webster, Attemperment.
