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Temperit, -et, -ed, -at(e, ppl. adj. (p.p.). [ME and e.m.E. tempred (Gower), temperat (Trevisa), temperid (1422), tempered (a1450); Tempir v.]

1. a. Having or developing a temperament of a specific sort; also, weill temperit, having a moderate or controlled temperament. ?1438 Alex. i 2420.
Emynedus … That is weill tempered [F. atemprés] in peax and war 1456 Hay I 119/7.
He that is vertuous in the vertu of that force is ay temperit that he excedis nocht bot knawis his tyme … to assaile or byde, flee or folowe 1460 Hay Alex. 837.
Weill temperit in prudence 1533 Bell. Livy I 261/3.
His … feirs sprete … sal ay decres be cummyn of age … he prayit the pepill to suffir this Ceso to leif in the ciete quhil he war temperate be age 15.. Dum Wyf 88.
Had thow don as I bad, Or now thow sould haue seine Weill temperet toung betwene

b. Of climate: Of a moderate nature, specif., fresch temperit, fresh and mild in nature. 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 268.
The nynt morow of fresch temperit [Sm. temperat, Ruddim. temperit] May

2. Of steel: Hardened, made resilient, tempered. 1513 Doug. xii xii 111.
This ontrew temperit blaid and fykkill brand a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 47.
Thair entrit a bullet of steill temperit, that efter it had persit him … it persit also a horse nar by

3. Duly proportioned, well-balanced. 1604 James VI Tobacco 90/34.
When … any part of our bodie growes to be distempered … beyond the compasse of natures temperate mixture, [etc.]