单词 | contemperate |
释义 | † contemperateadj. Obsolete. Of a substance: mixed or blended, esp. in such a way as to alter consistency. Also figurative: not extreme or excessive; moderated. Cf. contemper v. 1.In early use also as past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [adjective] > adjusting by tempering or mixing > tempered tempereda1450 attempered1481 contemperatec1484 temperated1737 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adjective] methelyeOE i-meteOE methefulOE attempre1297 measurablec1330 temprea1340 temperatec1380 temperantc1384 attemperatec1386 attemperelc1386 chastea1400 mannered1435 measureda1450 moderatea1450 well-measuredc1450 attempered1474 modest1548 sober1552 measurely1570 temperable1619 contemperate1647 submissive1753 managed1770 self-contained1838 inexplosive1867 c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 181 Contemperat is þat qwyche is rare, thynne, porose or sotel, with þat qwyche is thyk. a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 50v Nowe bothe moiste and dry be so contemperate..That of them thus contemperate maye fourth go A temperament not so thicke as the body is Neither so thinne as water. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (new ed.) 38 Such a contemperate [1647 (ed. 1) commoderate] way, as shall best please him, and profit his Churches. 1670 tr. O. Croll Bazilica Chymica 93 Those which are thin render it moderately thick and contemperate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † contemperatev. Obsolete. 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 whole. Cf. contemper v. 1. 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 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 109 Clear water contemperated with pure wine. 1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying 20 Imagine..ten thousand thousand of Angels, all contemperated in one. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 132 Having contemperated and distributed the Soul of Man, by the same proportions and powers. 1702 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 4) 171/2 Incorporatio, a mixture, whereby moist things are contemperated with dry into one Body, as into a Mass. 1734 A. Hooke Ess. on Physick i. 29 Primary Elementary Qualities..so equally mix'd and contemperated, as that any one of them did not abound or prevail against the rest. 2. transitive. To modify (something), esp. by bringing about a neutralizing or counterbalancing effect; to temper; to moderate. Cf. contemper v. 2. 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 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 95 Summer is verie hot in the one, and winter verie colde in the other, so an inward heat is contemperated vnder the condition or estate of either temperance. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x. 326 The mighty Nile and Niger, which doe..moysten, and contemperate the ayre by their exhalations. View more context for this quotation 1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris sig. X6 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. 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 26 To contemperate the Acrimony of the Blood. 1787 T. Topham New Compend. Syst. Dis. Cattle xxvi. 232 This medicine..cures the hæmorrhages by contemperating the fury of the blood. 3. transitive. To adapt or adjust (a person or thing) to another; to cause (a person or thing) to conform to another. Cf. contemper v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > adapt or adjust to attemper1393 temper1530 sort1561 accommodate1579 square1583 commodate1611 contemperate1656 gear1900 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 167 Either part being ready for charity sake to contemperate and accommodate themselves to other. 1660 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum ii. iv. §3 To contemporate the Government of the Church to that of the State. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. ii. iv. 46 Contemperating our own Bodies..so duly to that Distance [from the Sun]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1484v.1590 |
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