† contemperationn.

Forms: 1500s contemperacion, 1500s contemperacyon, 1600s contemporation, 1600s–1800s contemperation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French contemperacion; Latin contemperation-, contemperatio.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French (rare) contemperacion fact of being mixed (end of the 15th cent. in the passage translated in quot. 1502; also 1559 in an edition of Froissart as contemperation in sense ‘physical constitution, temperament’), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin contemperation-, contemperatio proper mixture (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin contemperāt- , past participial stem of contemperāre contemper v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier contemperate adj.In the form contemporation perhaps influenced by association with classical Latin tempor-, tempus time (see tempus n.).

Obsolete.

a. The action or an act of mixing or blending different elements, qualities, etc., esp. so as to produce a uniform or well-balanced whole; the fact or condition of being mixed in this way.

ΘΚΠ

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

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mixting1532

minglinga1535

mingle1548

temperature1550

contemperament1565

commixture1567

intermingling1576

commixing1583

intermixture1592

mixc1595

minglement1602

interblending1605

contempering1609

intermeddling1611

contemperating1617

mistion1617

immixtion1653

immistion1658

alloy1672

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blendure1701

intermingledom1753

blending1795

comminglement1833

commingling1854

co-mingling1856

immixture1859

interminglement1873

interfuse1887

melding1939

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. vii. sig. ssiv^v The contemperacyon of the foure elementes of the whiche the body humayne is composed.

1566 T. Heskyns tr. Theophylact in Parl. Chryste ii. xxvii. f. cxxxvii The flesh of a bare man nothing profiteth, but God hath vnited to himself this flesh after an vnspeakable contemperacion.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. iii. 10 Mixed Colours..are raised by the contemperation or mixture of the two Simples.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. 6 A certain proportionate Contemperation and Commixture of Contingency and Necessity.

1719 J. Leng tr. Cicero in Nat. Obligations viii. 200 Moved to gratitude..by the grateful mixture and contemperation of the seasons.

1863 Christian Remembrancer Jan. 93 The successful prosecution of metaphysical science requires..a contemperation of intellectual and even moral qualities.

b. Something produced by blending different elements; a mixture. rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

mingingOE

mungc1175

meddlingc1384

mellaya1400

mixture?a1425

commixtion?a1439

medley1440

brothc1515

mingly1545

mingle1548

maslin1574

miscellane1582

commixture1590

flaumpaump1593

salad1603

miscellany1609

common1619

cento1625

misturea1626

mixtil1654

concrete1656

contemperation1664

ragout1672

crasis1677

alloy1707

mixtible1750

galimatias1762

misc.1851

syllabub1859

mixtry1862

cocktail1868

blend1883

admix1908

mix-up1918

mix1959

meld1973

katogo1994

1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 355 What we call by that name [i.e. the Soul] is only a Contemperation of Corporeal Humours.

a. The action of tempering or moderating the nature of something.

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

1628 W. Struther Christian Observ. & Resol. lxxxiv. 229 God..hath giuen him eyes, to see that his diuine contemperation of mankynd, and hath turned his Spirit..to moderation.

1638 T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 51 By way of contemperation of the heate.

1666 W. Spurstowe Spiritual Chymist 154 The Contemperation of it [sc. the Word] with humane mixtures.

1721 J. Handley Colloquia Chyrurgica (ed. 3) xix. 64 A Simple Herpes is cured..by Evacuation and Contemperation of Choler.

b. A qualifying or moderating addition; esp. a qualifying statement or explanation.

ΘΚΠ

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

contemperation1632

1632 E. Reynolds Explic. 110th Psalme 207 The Gospell of Christ doth as much scorne humane contemperations, as a wall of marble doth a roofe of straw.

1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) vii. 137 We deliver nothing unto the people but the Right wayes of the Lord, without any..contemperations of our owne.

1655 T. Fuller Antheologia 74 The black [is] kept from over-much melancholy, with a proportionable contemperation of red therein.

1686 W. Manning Catholick Relig. 21 The Remunerative Righteousness of God, (with a contemperation of Mercy too..for still we are sinners).

3. An act or instance of accommodating conflicting actions, attitudes, or behaviours; a compromise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > compromise > [noun]

measure1425

compromisea1513

arbitrament1549

giff-gaff1549

moderation1560

compromission1624

temporizement1647

contemperation1650

temperament1660

temporization1761

give and take1778

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 45 Allowed the full benefit of all the..tergiversations, excusations, contemporations, pernegations..that I..can devise.

a1676 M. Hale tr. C. Nepos Life P. Atticus (1677) 205 By these prudent Contemporations he made his Liberality safe.

1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. 166 They..divide their Affections too equally between God and the World; and..indeavour such a Contemperation that they may hold both.

4. The adaptation or adjustment of one thing to another; the accommodation of two things to each other.

ΘΚΠ

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

commodation1578

justing1582

suiting1601

adaptation1610

adapting1610

accommodation1612

adaption1615

adjustment1644

contemperation1654

squaring1702

adaptment1786

adjustage1819

1654 H. Hammond Answer Animadversions on Diss. touching Ignatius's Epist. vii. §6. 202 The contemperation..of the Ecclesiastick to the Civil distributions.

a1680 J. Corbet Humble Endeavour (1683) iii. xx. 41 A certain contemporation of the Divine Call and Free-will.

1695 J. Howe Disc. Much-lamented Death Queen Mary 14 The Contemperation of our Faculties to the holy, blissful Object, is so necessary to our satisfying Fruition.

1720 C. Mather Christian Philosopher xx. 75 The Distance at which our Globe is placed from the Sun and the Contemperation of our Bodies and other Things to this Distance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	contemperation
释义	† contemperationn. Forms: 1500s contemperacion, 1500s contemperacyon, 1600s contemporation, 1600s–1800s contemperation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French contemperacion; Latin contemperation-, contemperatio. Etymology: < (i) Middle French (rare) contemperacion fact of being mixed (end of the 15th cent. in the passage translated in quot. 1502; also 1559 in an edition of Froissart as contemperation in sense ‘physical constitution, temperament’), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin contemperation-, contemperatio proper mixture (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin contemperāt- , past participial stem of contemperāre contemper v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier contemperate adj.In the form contemporation perhaps influenced by association with classical Latin tempor-, tempus time (see tempus n.). Obsolete. 1. a. The action or an act of mixing or blending different elements, qualities, etc., esp. so as to produce a uniform or well-balanced whole; the fact or condition of being mixed in this way. ΘΚΠ 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 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. vii. sig. ssiv^v The contemperacyon of the foure elementes of the whiche the body humayne is composed. 1566 T. Heskyns tr. Theophylact in Parl. Chryste ii. xxvii. f. cxxxvii The flesh of a bare man nothing profiteth, but God hath vnited to himself this flesh after an vnspeakable contemperacion. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. iii. 10 Mixed Colours..are raised by the contemperation or mixture of the two Simples. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. 6 A certain proportionate Contemperation and Commixture of Contingency and Necessity. 1719 J. Leng tr. Cicero in Nat. Obligations viii. 200 Moved to gratitude..by the grateful mixture and contemperation of the seasons. 1863 Christian Remembrancer Jan. 93 The successful prosecution of metaphysical science requires..a contemperation of intellectual and even moral qualities. b. Something produced by blending different elements; a mixture. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture mingingOE mungc1175 meddlingc1384 mellaya1400 mixture?a1425 commixtion?a1439 medley1440 brothc1515 mingly1545 mingle1548 maslin1574 miscellane1582 commixture1590 flaumpaump1593 salad1603 miscellany1609 common1619 cento1625 misturea1626 mixtil1654 concrete1656 contemperation1664 ragout1672 crasis1677 alloy1707 mixtible1750 galimatias1762 misc.1851 syllabub1859 mixtry1862 cocktail1868 blend1883 admix1908 mix-up1918 mix1959 meld1973 katogo1994 1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 355 What we call by that name [i.e. the Soul] is only a Contemperation of Corporeal Humours. 2. a. The action of tempering or moderating the nature of something. 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 1628 W. Struther Christian Observ. & Resol. lxxxiv. 229 God..hath giuen him eyes, to see that his diuine contemperation of mankynd, and hath turned his Spirit..to moderation. 1638 T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 51 By way of contemperation of the heate. 1666 W. Spurstowe Spiritual Chymist 154 The Contemperation of it [sc. the Word] with humane mixtures. 1721 J. Handley Colloquia Chyrurgica (ed. 3) xix. 64 A Simple Herpes is cured..by Evacuation and Contemperation of Choler. b. A qualifying or moderating addition; esp. a qualifying statement or explanation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > by tempering or mixture > one who or that which contemperation1632 1632 E. Reynolds Explic. 110th Psalme 207 The Gospell of Christ doth as much scorne humane contemperations, as a wall of marble doth a roofe of straw. 1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) vii. 137 We deliver nothing unto the people but the Right wayes of the Lord, without any..contemperations of our owne. 1655 T. Fuller Antheologia 74 The black [is] kept from over-much melancholy, with a proportionable contemperation of red therein. 1686 W. Manning Catholick Relig. 21 The Remunerative Righteousness of God, (with a contemperation of Mercy too..for still we are sinners). 3. An act or instance of accommodating conflicting actions, attitudes, or behaviours; a compromise. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > compromise > [noun] measure1425 compromisea1513 arbitrament1549 giff-gaff1549 moderation1560 compromission1624 temporizement1647 contemperation1650 temperament1660 temporization1761 give and take1778 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 45 Allowed the full benefit of all the..tergiversations, excusations, contemporations, pernegations..that I..can devise. a1676 M. Hale tr. C. Nepos Life P. Atticus (1677) 205 By these prudent Contemporations he made his Liberality safe. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. 166 They..divide their Affections too equally between God and the World; and..indeavour such a Contemperation that they may hold both. 4. The adaptation or adjustment of one thing to another; the accommodation of two things to each other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] commodation1578 justing1582 suiting1601 adaptation1610 adapting1610 accommodation1612 adaption1615 adjustment1644 contemperation1654 squaring1702 adaptment1786 adjustage1819 1654 H. Hammond Answer Animadversions on Diss. touching Ignatius's Epist. vii. §6. 202 The contemperation..of the Ecclesiastick to the Civil distributions. a1680 J. Corbet Humble Endeavour (1683) iii. xx. 41 A certain contemporation of the Divine Call and Free-will. 1695 J. Howe Disc. Much-lamented Death Queen Mary 14 The Contemperation of our Faculties to the holy, blissful Object, is so necessary to our satisfying Fruition. 1720 C. Mather Christian Philosopher xx. 75 The Distance at which our Globe is placed from the Sun and the Contemperation of our Bodies and other Things to this Distance. 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