Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-TEM'PER
CON-TEM'NINGCON-TEM'PER-A-MENT
CON-TEM'PER, v.t. [Low L. contempero; con and tempero, to mix or temper. See Temper.]
To moderate; to reduce to a lower degree by mixture with opposite or different qualities; to temper. The leaves qualify and contemper the heat. – Ray.
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