contemperate
verbEtymology See contemper.
1
Obsolete To temper; to moderate.
- Moisten and contemperate the air.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- 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.1652, E. Sparke, Scintillula Altaris:
2 more examples
- Either part being ready for charity sake to contemperate and accommodate themselves to other.1656, R. Sanderson, 20 Sermons:
- To contemperate the Acrimony of the Blood.1705, F. Fuller, Medicina Gymnastica:
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