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contemperate

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To temper; to moderate.

obsolete, transitive

Equivalents

Italianocontemperate

Examples

“Moisten and contemperate the air.”
“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.”
“Either part being ready for charity sake to contemperate and accommodate themselves to other.”
“To contemperate the Acrimony of the Blood.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

contemperates contempered contempering contempers contemplate contemplate one's navel

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