Webster's Online Dictionary
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Definition: contemperate
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| Verb | 1. To temper; to moderate.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: contemperating, contemperated, contemperates, contemperater, contemperaters, contemperatingly and contemperatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Contemperate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: contemperate
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| Noah Webster | [Verb] To temper; to reduce the quality of, by mixing something opposite or different; to moderate. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Verbcorrespond, curb, curtail, dampen, deaden, declare, deem, defend, defy, determine, dilute, diminish, entertain. | Consider also: break, check, contain, stop, abate, advertise, ascertain, believe, cover, decide, lessen, allege, assert, define, diluted, divert, resolve, restrict.
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Otherhold back, moderate, temper, correct, crack, delay, discipline.
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Expressioncool out.
| Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. |
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