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Tamper [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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

2. To meddle; to have to do with without fitness or necessity.

3. 'Tis dangerous tamp'ring with a muse.

4. To deal; to practice secretly.

5. Others tamper'd

6. For Fleetwood, Desborough and Lambert.

Tamper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.

Tamper [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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

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

Tampered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tamperer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.

Tampering [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of meddling or practicing secretly.

Tampering [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Meddling; dealing; practicing secretly.

Tampering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913