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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To CONTEMPERverb
To moderate; to reduce to a lower degree by mixing something of opposite qualities.
Etymology: contempero, Latin.
The leaves qualify and contemper the heat, and hinder the evaporation of moisture. John Ray, on the Creation.
Webster Dictionary
Contemperverb
to modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften
Etymology: [L. contemperare, -temperatum; con- + temperare to temper. Cf. Contemperate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Contemper
kon-temp′ėr, v.t. to blend together, to qualify by mixture: to adapt to anything.—ns. Contemperā′tion (obs.), Contem′perature. [L. contemperāre.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contemper in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contemper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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