contemperation

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noun

The act of tempering or moderating.

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Meanings

nouncontemperation (countable and uncountable, plural contemperations)

plural contemperations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe act of tempering or moderating.

    Fourthly, The proper use of ayre attracted by the lungs, and without which there is no durable continuation in life, is not the nutrition of parts, but the contemperation of that fervour in the heart, and the ventilation of that fire alwaies maintained in the forge of life; […]

    1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableA proportionate combination or mixture.

    I vvould further Knovv vvhy this Contemperation of Light and Shade, that is made, for Example, by the Skin of a Ripe Cherry, ſhould exhibit a Red, and not a Green, and the Leaf of the ſame Tree ſhould exhibit a Green rather than a Red; […]

    1664, Robert Boyle, chapter V, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC, part I, page 91
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