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CONTEMPER

\kəntˈɛmpə], \kəntˈɛmpə], \k_ə_n_t_ˈɛ_m_p_ə]\

Definitions of CONTEMPER

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To moderate; to temper.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

kon-temp'[.e]r, v.t. to blend together, to qualify by mixture: to adapt to anything.--ns. CONTEMPER[=A]'TION (obs.), CONTEM'PERATURE. [L. contemper[=a]re.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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