contemperate

C3O1N1T1E1M3P3E1R1A1T1E1

verb

To temper; to moderate.

Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

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

present singular third person contemperates · participle present contemperating · participle past contemperated · past contemperated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo temper; to moderate.

    Moisten and contemperate the air.

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    3 more examples

    Saint Peter[…]after some experience of humane Frailty, becometh[…]A Rock of Christianity; both as it were, Contemperating the gladness and sadness of each other.

    1652, E. Sparke, Scintillula Altaris

    Either part being ready for charity sake to contemperate and accommodate themselves to other.

    1656, R. Sanderson, 20 Sermons

    To contemperate the Acrimony of the Blood.

    1705, F. Fuller, Medicina Gymnastica

Origin

See contemper.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

compenetrate
Cite this entry
APA

contemperate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemperate

MLA

“contemperate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemperate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contemperate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemperate.

Source: contemperate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.