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† conˈtemperament Obs. [ad. L. type *contemperāment-um, f. contemperāre (see above). Cf. temperament.] The action of contempering or condition of being contempered.
1565Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 237 Now that God hath vnited vnto himselfe Flesh after an vnspeakable contemperament. a1661Fuller Worthies iii. 44 The equal contemperament of Vertue and Vices, so evenly matched. 1713Derham Phys. Theol. iv. viii. 165 There appears to be a Contemperament of their Motion with these Provisions. |