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Tamper
(Tam"per) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tampered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tampering.] [A corruption of temper.]

1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.

'T is dangerous tampering with a muse.
Roscommon.

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

3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.

Others tampered
For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert.
Hudibras.