"contemper" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin contemperō",
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin contemperō, from con- + temperō (“to temper”). Compare contemperate.",
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      "form": "contempers",
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      "form": "contempering",
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        "To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften."
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften."
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        {
          "word": "contemperation"
        },
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      "ipa": "/kənˈtɛmpə(ɹ)/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛmpə(ɹ)"
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      "form": "contempered",
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        "To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften."
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