Meaning of contemperation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of tempering or moderating.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. A proportionate combination or mixture.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“Fourthly, The proper use of ayre attracted by the lungs, and without which there is no durable continuation in life, is not the nutrition of parts, but the contemperation of that fervour in the heart, and the ventilation of that fire alwaies maintained in the forge of life; […]”

“I vvould further Knovv vvhy this Contemperation of Light and Shade, that is made, for Example, by the Skin of a Ripe Cherry, ſhould exhibit a Red, and not a Green, and the Leaf of the ſame Tree ſhould exhibit a Green rather than a Red; […]”

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