Meaning of contemper | Babel Free

Definitions

To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.

obsolete, transitive

Examples

“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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