Vocabulary : Attemper to Attempt

Attemper : To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature. ;; To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency. ;; To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice. ;; To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.
Attemperament : A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.
Attemperance : Temperance; attemperament.
Attemperate : Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted. ;; To attemper.
Attemperation : The act of attempering or regulating.
Attempered : of Attemper
Attempering : of Attemper
Attemperly : Temperately.
Attemperment : Attemperament.
Attempt : To make trial 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. ;; To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. ;; To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman. ;; To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp. ;; To make an attempt; -- with upon. ;; A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.
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