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/tˈæmpər/ Listen

verb

Tamper v. i. (past & past part. tampered; pres. part. tampering)

To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease. "'T is dangerous tampering with a muse."

To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.

To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. "Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert."

noun

Tamper n.

One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.

An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.

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"Tamper" Quotes from Famous Books

... the judge, Sir John Doddridge, to draw up a conveyance of Sherborne to his son, and then to his brother, with a rent-charge of 200l. a year for life to Lady Raleigh. For the present Cecil firmly refused to allow anyone to tamper with this conveyance, and Sherborne was the raft upon which the Raleighs sailed through the worst tempest of the trial. Cecil undoubtedly retained a certain tenderness towards his old friend Lady Raleigh, and for her sake, rather than her husband's, he extended ...

— Raleigh • Edmund Gosse

... continued the speaker. "But I beg the club to consider the probable consequences of admitting such a fellow into the association. We have thus far enjoyed a good reputation, and we ought to be very careful how we tamper with ...

— All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake - A Sequel to "The Boat Club" • Oliver Optic

... Pitman. "I cannot shave my beard. I cannot tamper with my appearance—my principals would object. They hold very strong views as to the appearance of the professors—young ladies are considered so romantic. My beard was regarded as quite a feature when I went about the place. It was regarded," ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... perseverance, succeed with Parliament. Let them ponder on the probability of succeeding with the people. You may deny the concession of a political question for a time, and a nation will bear it patiently. Strike home to the comforts of every man's fireside—tamper with every man's freedom and liberty—and one month, one week, may rouse a feeling abroad, which a king would gladly yield his crown to quell, and a peer would ...

— Sunday Under Three Heads • Charles Dickens

... not tamper with his affections," she said, "but I cannot possibly encourage him, and I think that when he comes on board again it will be better for me not ...

— The Cruise of the Dainty - Rovings in the Pacific • William H. G. Kingston

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