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To temper; to moderate. [Obs.] Moisten and contemperate the air. Sir T. Browne.

The act of tempering or moderating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature. [Obs.] The different contemperature of the elements. SDouth.

Contemplation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Given to contemplation; meditative. [R.] Coleridge.

ttention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study. To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see excellent. Milton. We thus dilate Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate. Byron.

ontinued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study. In contemplation of created things, By steps we may ascend to God. Milton. Contemplation is keeping the idea which is brought into the mind for some time actually in view. Locke.

A contemplator. [R.] I. Taylor.

Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative. Fixed and contemplative their looks. Denham.

With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.

The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.

One who contemplates. Sir T. Browne.

The state of being contemporaneous. The lines of contemporaneity in the oölitic system. J. Philips.

Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary. The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman - Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

At the same time with some other event.

Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness. Howell.

g, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype.

The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteement mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. Criminal contempt of public feeling. Macaulay. Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great. Addison.

The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness. Speed.

Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable. Milton. The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful. Burke.