a. Obs.; also 4–5 atempre(e. [a. OF. atempré pa. pple. of atemprer to attemper.]
1. Temperate, moderate, well-regulated.
1340. Ayenb., 254. Yef þou louest to bi sobre and atempre … zete ane brydel to þine couaytises.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., II. iv. 40. Þi wif þat is attempre of witte. Ibid. (c. 1386), Nonne Pr. T., 18. Attempree [v.r. attemper, -pre(e] diete was al hir phisik.
2. Of climate, etc.: Temperate, equable, mild.
c. 1400. Maundev., xiv. 157. Ynde the more … is a fulle hoot Contree; and Ynde the lesse, is a fulle atempree contrey.
1426. Pol. Poems (1859), II. 139. That empre wedir lusty and benigne.
1555. Fardle Facions, II. xi. 260. Ayre … so attempre and pure.
