a. Now rare or Obs. [ad. late L. temperātīv-us, f. temperāre: see TEMPER v. and -IVE.] Having the quality of tempering; alleviative, mitigating; tending to temperateness.
c. 1430. Lydg., Min. Poems (Percy Soc.), 196. Ayer of nature yevith inspiracioun, To mannys herte thyng moost temperatiff.
1621. T. Granger, On Eccles., 15. The ayr drawne in, and sent forth by the breath, which is temperatiue of the hearts heate.
1825. J. Weddell, Voy., 95. This climate appears to be in general much more temperative now than it was forty years ago.
1857. Riley & Bostock, trans. Pliny’s Nat. Hist., VI. 119. Its [scum of silver’s] properties are desiccative, emollient, refrigerative, temperative, and detergent.
b. Mus. Having the purpose of tempering or producing temperament: see TEMPERAMENT 10.
1727–41. [see TEMPER v. 15 b].
