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contemperate en · VERB

Etymology

See contemper.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To temper; to moderate.
   • Either part being ready for charity sake to contemperate and accommodate themselves to other. 1656, R. Sanderson, 20 Sermons:
   • Saint Peter[…]after some experience of humane Frailty, becometh[…]A Rock of Christianity; both as it were, Contemperating the gladness and sadness of each other. 1652, E. Sparke, Scintillula Altaris:
   • Moisten and contemperate the air. 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
   • To contemperate the Acrimony of the Blood. 1705, F. Fuller, Medicina Gymnastica:

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