attemper
81temper — I. v. a. 1. Modify, qualify, mix in due proportion. 2. Soften, mollify, assuage, soothe, calm, moderate, restrain, pacify, attemper, appease. 3. Adapt, fit, suit, adjust, accommodate. 4. Bring to the right degree of hardness (as iron, by sudden… …
82abate — v 1. reduce, diminish, decrease, lower, lessen, attenuate, weaken, bate; alleviate, mitigate, allay, palliate, assuage, relieve; mollify, soften, pacify, appease; quiet, calm, tranquilize, soothe, Sl. simmer down; moderate, temper, Archaic.… …
83accommodate — v 1. aid, assist, help, abet, meet the wants of; oblige, favor, indulge, patronize; befriend, lend a hand, do a favor for, show kindness to, do right by, serve, do for, do a service for, cater to, make comfortable, attend to the convenience of;… …
84adapt — v 1. adjust, make suitable, modify, moderate, limit, qualify, Archaic. attemper; conform, ac commodate, comply, fit, suit; convert, change, alter, transform, metamorphose; fashion, shape, proportion, remodel. 2. acclimate, acclimatize, naturalize …
85alleviate — v mitigate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken; abate, let up, slacken, remit, relax; allay, assuage, Rare. lenify, palliate; appease, soothe, Archaic. attemper, relieve, ease, soften, cushion, mollify, lighten; smooth, calm, compose, tranquilize,… …
86appease — v 1. pacify, quiet, calm, tranquilize, lull, soothe, compose, comfort; alleviate, relieve, palliate, allay, assuage, mitigate, abate, moderate, temper, lessen; take the edge off of, blunt, dull, deaden; stifle, still, silence, hush, smother;… …
87assuage — v 1. mitigate, relieve, ease, alleviate, palliate; moderate, temper, weaken, qualify; abate, lessen, diminish, lower, reduce. 2. appease, satisfy, slake, quench; indulge, gratify, sate, satiate; deaden, dull, blunt, obtund, take the edge off of;… …
88conciliate — v 1. allay or alleviate the fears of, ingratiate oneself with, win over, gain the trust of, earn the confidence of, bring around; placate, appease, propitiate, pacify, pacificate, assuage, mollify, dulcify, soothe, Brit., Australian. dill, Rare.… …
89cool — adj 1. chilly, chill, nippy, unheated, unwarmed, heatless, sunless; breezy, draughty, windy. 2. composed, collected, Inf. together, self possessed, self controlled; easy going, relaxed, even tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable, unflappable;… …
90harmonize — v 1. adapt, attune, adjust; compose, order, balance, make symmetrical, quadrate; regulate, modulate, methodize, systematize, coordinate, orchestrate, direct; reconcile, patch up, placate, accommodate, settle differences; mediate, arbitrate,… …
