English Explanatory Dictionary

contemper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/kənˈtɛmpə(ɹ)/

Word forms

contemper contempers contempering contempered

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contemperō, from con- + temperō (“to temper”). Compare contemperate.

Related words

contemperation contemperature temper
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