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Meaning of CONTEMPER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con*tem"per\ (k[o^]n*t[e^]m"p[~e]r), v. 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.
 
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