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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTEMPERATE

v.t.[See Contemper. ] To temper; to reduce the quality of, by mixing something opposite or different; to moderate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTEMPERATE

Con *tem "per *ate, v. t. Etym: [See Contemper. ]

 

Defn: To temper; to moderate. [Obs. ] Moisten and contemperate the air. Sir T. Browne.