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▪ I. † ˈtempre, a. Obs.
Also 4–5 temper(e, 5 tempur(e.
[a. AF., OF. tempré (12th c. in Godef.), pa. pple. of temprer to temper. The final -e, originally pronounced, became at length mute: cf. assign, costive.]
Tempered; temperate.
a1340Hampole Psalter l. 1 It is a tempre kynd of praiynge. Ibid. cxxxvii. 5 All tempre men, þat gouernes þair flesch in mesure. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 128 Now hadde the tempre sonne al that releuyd. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 130 Large of ȝifftes and ryght ffre, Wondur fair and ryght tempere. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 247 Slepe..vpon a nessh Bedde and in a place tempure.
▪ II. tempre, -en
obs. forms of temper v. |