Contemper

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contemper \Con*tem"per\ (k[o^]n*t[e^]m"p[~e]r), v. t. [L.
     contemperare, -temperatum; con- + temperare to temper. Cf.
     {Contemperate}.]
     To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to
     soften. [Obs.]
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           The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and
           contempered its malignancy.              --Johnson.
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