Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
temper . - Temperate.
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- verb Obsolete form of
temper .
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Examples
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For the building of their houses, they sende not ouer sea for stone, thei burne no Calion to make lime to tempre their mortre, thei bake no brickes, nor digge no sande.
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Take crustes of Brede and grynde hem smale, do þerto powdour of galyngale, of canel, of gyngyner and salt it, tempre it with vynegur and drawe it up þurgh a straynour & messe it forth.
The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750
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For the building of their houses, they sende not ouer sea for stone, thei burne no Calion to make lime to tempre their mortre, thei bake no brickes, nor digge no sande.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Tak bred, gynger {e} & galingale, Canel, grynd it & tempre it vp w {i} t {h} bred; colo {u} r it w {i} t {h} blood or {e} w {i} t {h} bre {n} t bred, seson it vp
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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