[f. L. attemperāt- (see above) and -ATION.] The action of attempering or regulating; suitable modification; spec. in Rhet. (see quot.)
1620. Venner, Via Recta, 7. The better sustentation, and attemperation of our spirits.
1723. Shaw, Bacon’s Wisd. Ancients (1860), 223. Effected … by proper and exquisite attemperations of nature.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Attemperation … the casting a restriction, or softening, on something said, by the formulas, Fama est, ut perhibent.
