Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to contemper
Participle: contempered
Gerund: contempering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | contemper |
| you | contemper |
| he;she;it | contempers |
| we | contemper |
| you | contemper |
| they | contemper |
Perfect
| I | have contempered |
| you | have contempered |
| he;she;it | has contempered |
| we | have contempered |
| you | have contempered |
| they | have contempered |
Past
| I | contempered |
| you | contempered |
| he;she;it | contempered |
| we | contempered |
| you | contempered |
| they | contempered |
Pluperfect
| I | had contempered |
| you | had contempered |
| he;she;it | had contempered |
| we | had contempered |
| you | had contempered |
| they | had contempered |
Future
| I | will contemper |
| you | will contemper |
| he;she;it | will contemper |
| we | will contemper |
| you | will contemper |
| they | will contemper |
Future Perfect
| I | will have contempered |
| you | will have contempered |
| he;she;it | will have contempered |
| we | will have contempered |
| you | will have contempered |
| they | will have contempered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | contemper |
| you | contemper |
| he;she;it | contemper |
| we | contemper |
| you | contemper |
| they | contemper |
Perfect
| I | have contempered |
| you | have contempered |
| he;she;it | have contempered |
| we | have contempered |
| you | have contempered |
| they | have contempered |
Imperfect
| I | contempered |
| you | contempered |
| he;she;it | contempered |
| we | contempered |
| you | contempered |
| they | contempered |
Pluperfect
| I | had contempered |
| you | had contempered |
| he;she;it | had contempered |
| we | had contempered |
| you | had contempered |
| they | had contempered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would contemper |
| you | would contemper |
| he;she;it | would contemper |
| we | would contemper |
| you | would contemper |
| they | would contemper |
Perfect
| I | would have contempered |
| you | would have contempered |
| he;she;it | would have contempered |
| we | would have contempered |
| you | would have contempered |
| they | would have contempered |
Imperative
| you | contemper |
| we | Let's contemper |
| you | contemper |
Verbs conjugated like 'contemper'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'contemper'
obtemper,
untemper,
attemper,
austemper,
concenter,
confeder,
contemn,
contemperate,
conteyne,
distemper,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contemperō, from con- + temperō (“to temper”). Compare contemperate. See: Latin '
contemperō'.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1658, Thomas Browne, “Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall. […]. Chapter I”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 1:]
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The antidotes […] have at leaſt allayed its bitterneſs, and contempered its malignity. [1751 September 3 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. 150. Friday, August 24. 1751.”, in The Rambler, volume VI, Edinburgh: […] Sands, Murray, and Cochran; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J. Yair, […], published 1751, →OCLC, page 140:]