"contemper" meaning in English

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          "text": "Though earth hath engroſſed the name yet water hath proved the ſmarteſt grave; which in forty dayes ſwallowed almoſt mankinde, and the living creation ; Fiſhes not wholly eſcaping, except the Salt Ocean were handſomely contempered by a mixture of the freſh Element.",
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          "text": "The antidotes […] have at leaſt allayed its bitterneſs, and contempered its malignity.",
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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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