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Webster 1913 Edition

Contemper

Con-tem′per

(kŏn-tĕm′pẽr)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
contemperare
,
-temperatum
;
con-
+
temperare
to temper. Cf.
Contemperate
.]
To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.
[Obs.]
The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and
contempered
its malignancy.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contemper

CONTEMPER

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to mix or temper. See Temper.] To moderate; to reduce to a lower degree by mixture with opposite or different qualities; to temper.
The leaves qualify and contemper the heat.

Definition 2024

contemper

contemper

English

Verb

contemper ‎(third-person singular simple present contempers, present participle contempering, simple past and past participle contempered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.
    The antidotes […] have allayed its bitterness and contempered its malignancy. — Johnson.

Etymology

From Latin contemperare, contemperatum, from con- + temperare ‎(“to temper”). Compare contemperate.

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