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contempers

contempers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contemper.

Meaning of contemper

Verb

contemper (third-person singular simple present contempers, present participle contempering, simple past and past participle contempered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.
    • Though earth hath engroſſed the name yet water hath proved the ſmarteſt grave; which in forty dayes ſwallowed almoſt mankinde, and the living creation ; Fiſhes not wholly eſcaping, except the Salt Ocean were handſomely contempered by a mixture of the freſh Element.1658, Thomas Browne, “Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall. […]. Chapter I”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 1

Questions about contempers

What is contempers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Contempers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contemper.

Words near contempers in the dictionary

  1. contemperation
  2. contemperations
  3. contemperature
  4. contempered
  5. contempering
  6. contempers
  7. contemplable
  8. contemplant
  9. contemplants
  10. contemplatable
  11. contemplate

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