Attar: Definition and part of speech

Attar

  1. n. A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attemper: Definition and part of speech

Attemper

  1. v. t. To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.
  2. v. t. To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.
  3. v. t. To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.
  4. v. t. To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.