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At the. [Obs.] Chaucer.

, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature. If sweet with bitter . . . were not attempered still. Trench.

A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.

Temperance; attemperament. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted. Hope must be . . . attemperate to the promise. Hammond.

The act of attempering or regulating. [Archaic] Bacon.

Temperately. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Attemperament.

al or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Longfellow.

Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak.

One who attempts; one who essays anything.

Disposed to attempt; adventurous. [Obs.] Daniel.

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [Obs.] The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. Sir P. Sidney.

Attention; regard; careful application. [Obs.] Till I come, give attendance to reading. 1 Tim. iv. 13.

The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant. [Obs.]

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. Sir W. Scott. Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. Milton.

Intent. [Obs.] Spenser.

One who, or that which, attends.

An attendant circumstance. [Obs.] The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne.

Attentive; heedful. [Archaic] Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer. 2 Chron. vi. 40.