To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities. / To mitigate, assuage. / (archaic) To regulate, arrange, organise.

present participle of attemper

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attemper

simple past tense and past participle of attemper

Modified by admixture; well blended. / Of a moderate temperature; mild. / Having a moderate temperament; sober.

To try. / (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. / (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.

The action of trying at something. / An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.

Tried, with the connotation of failure.

simple past tense and past participle of attempt

plural of attempt