Contemper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kənˈtɛmpə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Contemper is a verb meaning (obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.
Meaning
(obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.
Example Sentences
The antidotes […] have at leaſt allayed its bitterneſs, and contempered its malignity.
Though earth hath engroſſed the name yet water hath proved the ſmarteſt grave; which in forty dayes ſwallowed almoſt mankinde, and the living creation ; Fiſhes not wholly eſcaping, except the Salt Ocean were handſomely contempered by a mixture of the freſh Element.
Word Forms
- contempers
- contempering
- contempered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include contemperate, delay, attemper, untemper, let down, keel.
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