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That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.] The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.

Capable of being contaminated.

To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith.

The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

Tending or liable to contaminate.

The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day. [Eng.]

A short narrative or tale, esp. one dealing with surprising or marvelous events.

A covering. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Quarrel; contention; contest. [Obs.] Contek with bloody knife. Chaucer.

To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. Milton. One who contemned divine and human laws. Dryden.

One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.

Contemptuously. [R.]

alify; to moderate; to soften. [Obs.] The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and contempered its malignancy. Johnson.

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

Proportionate mixture or combination. "Contemperation of light and shade." Boyle.

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.

To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; 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.

The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued 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.…