Attemper

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Accommodate; to make suitable; to Adapt.

II. Attemper ·vt To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to Temper; to regulate, as temperature.

III. Attemper ·vt To mix in just proportion; to Regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice.

IV. Attemper ·vt To soften, mollify, or moderate; to Soothe; to Temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.