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Webster 1913 Edition


Contemperate

Con-tem′per-ate

(kŏn-tĕm′pẽr-āt)
,
Verb.
T.
[See
Contemper
.]
To temper; to moderate.
[Obs.]
Moisten and
contemperate
the air.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Contemperate

CONTEMPERATE

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

Definition 2024


contemperate

contemperate

English

Verb

contemperate (third-person singular simple present contemperates, present participle contemperating, simple past and past participle contemperated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To temper; to moderate.
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      Moisten and contemperate the air.


Italian

Verb

contemperate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of contemperare
  2. second-person plural imperative of contemperare
  3. feminine plural of contemperato

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

contemperāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of contemperō