contemperv.

Brit.

/kənˈtɛmpə/,

/ˌkɒnˈtɛmpə/, U.S.

/kənˈtɛmpər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin contemperāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin contemperāre to temper by mixing (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius), in post-classical Latin also to mix, to moderate (5th cent.), to adapt, adjust (6th cent.) < con- con- prefix + temperāre temper v.Compare Middle French contemperer to mix, blend, to modify, to moderate, to adapt (16th cent., relatively rare, chiefly in the works of Jean Amyot and Ambroise Paré), Spanish contemperar (15th cent.).

Now rare.

†1. transitive. To mix or blend (one or more things) with another or others; to mix (two or more things) together; to mix (something) so as to produce a uniform or well-balanced whole. Sometimes with reference to a person's qualities, actions, etc. Chiefly in passive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)]

mingeOE

blandOE

mongle?c1225

meddlec1350

sprengea1382

compoundc1384

intermeddlec1384

temperc1386

mell1387

found?c1390

joinc1400

intermell1413

commix?a1425

medley?a1425

mix?a1425

amenge?c1450

immix?a1475

immixt?a1475

minglea1475

tremp1480

commixt1481

incarry1486

mixtionc1500

mixta1513

demelle1516

confect1540

intermixt1551

intermingle1555

bemix1559

intermix1562

contemper1567

blenge1570

bemingle1574

contemperate1590

masha1591

commeddle1604

immingle1606

blenda1616

intemper1627

commingle1648

conferment1651

subigate1657

to mix up1672

mould1701

meine1736

caudle1795

combine1799

interblenda1849

inmix1892

meld1936

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest ii. f. 50^v Whose lyquor or iuice..being contempered with any clammy Oyle, and being annoynted vpon any mans body, he cannot be stung with Bees.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 105 For wee must knowe to contemper the perfect manhoode and the perfecte Godhood.

1658 I. Walton Life of Donne (ed. 2) 121 The melancholy and pleasant humor were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to the other.

1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. vi. 500 That [action] which by it self might prove very pernicious, may by being contempered with others of a different nature become exceeding beneficial.

?1756 Jilts II. x. 125 The air of the soil he sprung from, had contempered with his composition, such parsimonious particles, as..had over-ran his whole mass.

1828 Earl of Shrewsbury Reasons for not taking Test App. p. xlii By the dispensation of his grace, he enters, by his flesh, into the breasts of the faithful, commixed and contempered with their bodies.

2. transitive. To modify (something), esp. by bringing about a neutralizing or counterbalancing effect; to temper; to moderate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > by tempering or mixing

temperc1000

attemper1393

temperatea1540

attemperate1561

contemper1585

contemperate1590

mitigate1601

season1604

1585 W. Bayley Disc. Mithridatium sig. E2^v The liquore might contemper and mitigate in some part the quality of the medicine.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. iv. sig. D2 Sulphur..doth contemper the sharpnesse or sowernes of Mercurie.

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 113 A Stoue..to contemper the Aire in Winter.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iv. 120 Acids..contempered with a volatile Salt.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 150. ⁋3 The antidotes with which philosophy has medicated the cup of life..have at least allayed its bitterness, and contempered its malignity.

1868 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 307 Our assemblies are all contempered by the heat of God's living sacrifice for transgressors.

1930 Rotarian June 48/1 Contemper your business with conscience.

†3. transitive. To adapt or adjust (something) to a particular thing, situation, etc.; to cause (two things) to conform to one another. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah xi. 232 He contempereth his phrases to our capacitie, and speaketh to vs in our owne toung.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 219 He..previously adjusted and contemper'd the Moral and Natural World to one another.

1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. vii. iii. 161 The same wise Contriver hath made as good a provision for them as for us..by contempering their Density to their Distance from the Sun.

1764 S. Bamfield New Treat. Astron. iii. 17 It is universally allowed, that the projectile Force of any Body may be so nicely adapted and contempered to the Quantity of the Sun's Attraction, as that [etc.].

1819 S. T. Coleridge Let. 30 Sept. (1959) IV. 1205 Your Faculties and your Feelings will be..contempered to a life of Ease, and capable of enjoying Leisure because both able and disposed to employ it.

Derivatives

conˈtempering n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > by tempering or mixture

attemperancec1374

temperance1398

temperancy1526

contemperance1605

contempering1609

temperation1615

contemperating1617

attemperation1620

contemperation1628

attemperament1631

attemperating1684

contemperament1713

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing

mingingOE

mongling?c1225

mellinga1375

commixtiona1398

mixtiona1398

compounding1398

meddlinga1400

intermelling1413

mashing1440

medlure?a1475

commistion1495

contemperation1502

intermixtion?1520

mixing1525

mixture1530

mixting1532

minglinga1535

mingle1548

temperature1550

contemperament1565

commixture1567

intermingling1576

commixing1583

intermixture1592

mixc1595

minglement1602

interblending1605

contempering1609

intermeddling1611

contemperating1617

mistion1617

immixtion1653

immistion1658

alloy1672

intermixing1690

blendure1701

intermingledom1753

blending1795

comminglement1833

commingling1854

co-mingling1856

immixture1859

interminglement1873

interfuse1887

melding1939

1609 T. Higgons Apol. i. 13 By the contempering, and mingling together of theis words..this sense must necessarily flow, & issue thereout.

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. 97 The contempering of some inferior Virtues with more transcendent Vices in our Stage-playes.

1708 C. Packe Medela Chymica Ded. sig. A3 Some of them [sc. Medicines] resolve Diseasy Matter, and expel it presently.., some by the way of alteration, Sweating and Contempering of Acrimonies.

1838 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 556/1 The fundamental trinomy of understanding, discerning, and contempering.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	contemper
释义	contemperv. Brit. /kənˈtɛmpə/, /ˌkɒnˈtɛmpə/, U.S. /kənˈtɛmpər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin contemperāre. Etymology: < classical Latin contemperāre to temper by mixing (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius), in post-classical Latin also to mix, to moderate (5th cent.), to adapt, adjust (6th cent.) < con- con- prefix + temperāre temper v.Compare Middle French contemperer to mix, blend, to modify, to moderate, to adapt (16th cent., relatively rare, chiefly in the works of Jean Amyot and Ambroise Paré), Spanish contemperar (15th cent.). Now rare. †1. transitive. To mix or blend (one or more things) with another or others; to mix (two or more things) together; to mix (something) so as to produce a uniform or well-balanced whole. Sometimes with reference to a person's qualities, actions, etc. Chiefly in passive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] mingeOE blandOE mongle?c1225 meddlec1350 sprengea1382 compoundc1384 intermeddlec1384 temperc1386 mell1387 found?c1390 joinc1400 intermell1413 commix?a1425 medley?a1425 mix?a1425 amenge?c1450 immix?a1475 immixt?a1475 minglea1475 tremp1480 commixt1481 incarry1486 mixtionc1500 mixta1513 demelle1516 confect1540 intermixt1551 intermingle1555 bemix1559 intermix1562 contemper1567 blenge1570 bemingle1574 contemperate1590 masha1591 commeddle1604 immingle1606 blenda1616 intemper1627 commingle1648 conferment1651 subigate1657 to mix up1672 mould1701 meine1736 caudle1795 combine1799 interblenda1849 inmix1892 meld1936 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest ii. f. 50^v Whose lyquor or iuice..being contempered with any clammy Oyle, and being annoynted vpon any mans body, he cannot be stung with Bees. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 105 For wee must knowe to contemper the perfect manhoode and the perfecte Godhood. 1658 I. Walton Life of Donne (ed. 2) 121 The melancholy and pleasant humor were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to the other. 1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. vi. 500 That [action] which by it self might prove very pernicious, may by being contempered with others of a different nature become exceeding beneficial. ?1756 Jilts II. x. 125 The air of the soil he sprung from, had contempered with his composition, such parsimonious particles, as..had over-ran his whole mass. 1828 Earl of Shrewsbury Reasons for not taking Test App. p. xlii By the dispensation of his grace, he enters, by his flesh, into the breasts of the faithful, commixed and contempered with their bodies. 2. transitive. To modify (something), esp. by bringing about a neutralizing or counterbalancing effect; to temper; to moderate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > by tempering or mixing temperc1000 attemper1393 temperatea1540 attemperate1561 contemper1585 contemperate1590 mitigate1601 season1604 1585 W. Bayley Disc. Mithridatium sig. E2^v The liquore might contemper and mitigate in some part the quality of the medicine. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. iv. sig. D2 Sulphur..doth contemper the sharpnesse or sowernes of Mercurie. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 113 A Stoue..to contemper the Aire in Winter. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iv. 120 Acids..contempered with a volatile Salt. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 150. ⁋3 The antidotes with which philosophy has medicated the cup of life..have at least allayed its bitterness, and contempered its malignity. 1868 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 307 Our assemblies are all contempered by the heat of God's living sacrifice for transgressors. 1930 Rotarian June 48/1 Contemper your business with conscience. †3. transitive. To adapt or adjust (something) to a particular thing, situation, etc.; to cause (two things) to conform to one another. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah xi. 232 He contempereth his phrases to our capacitie, and speaketh to vs in our owne toung. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 219 He..previously adjusted and contemper'd the Moral and Natural World to one another. 1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. vii. iii. 161 The same wise Contriver hath made as good a provision for them as for us..by contempering their Density to their Distance from the Sun. 1764 S. Bamfield New Treat. Astron. iii. 17 It is universally allowed, that the projectile Force of any Body may be so nicely adapted and contempered to the Quantity of the Sun's Attraction, as that [etc.]. 1819 S. T. Coleridge Let. 30 Sept. (1959) IV. 1205 Your Faculties and your Feelings will be..contempered to a life of Ease, and capable of enjoying Leisure because both able and disposed to employ it. Derivatives conˈtempering n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > by tempering or mixture attemperancec1374 temperance1398 temperancy1526 contemperance1605 contempering1609 temperation1615 contemperating1617 attemperation1620 contemperation1628 attemperament1631 attemperating1684 contemperament1713 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing mingingOE mongling?c1225 mellinga1375 commixtiona1398 mixtiona1398 compounding1398 meddlinga1400 intermelling1413 mashing1440 medlure?a1475 commistion1495 contemperation1502 intermixtion?1520 mixing1525 mixture1530 mixting1532 minglinga1535 mingle1548 temperature1550 contemperament1565 commixture1567 intermingling1576 commixing1583 intermixture1592 mixc1595 minglement1602 interblending1605 contempering1609 intermeddling1611 contemperating1617 mistion1617 immixtion1653 immistion1658 alloy1672 intermixing1690 blendure1701 intermingledom1753 blending1795 comminglement1833 commingling1854 co-mingling1856 immixture1859 interminglement1873 interfuse1887 melding1939 1609 T. Higgons Apol. i. 13 By the contempering, and mingling together of theis words..this sense must necessarily flow, & issue thereout. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. 97 The contempering of some inferior Virtues with more transcendent Vices in our Stage-playes. 1708 C. Packe Medela Chymica Ded. sig. A3 Some of them [sc. Medicines] resolve Diseasy Matter, and expel it presently.., some by the way of alteration, Sweating and Contempering of Acrimonies. 1838 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 556/1 The fundamental trinomy of understanding, discerning, and contempering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1567
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