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/kənˈtɛmpə(ɹ)/ · verb
(obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften..
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.
The antidotes […] have at leaſt allayed its bitterneſs, and contempered its malignity.
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Contemper means (obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften..
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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.
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