Part 2339

<blockquote>Thy pompous delicacies I <b>contemn</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>One who <b>contemned</b> divine and human laws. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To despise; scorn; disdain; spurn; slight; neglect; underrate; overlook.</syn> <usage> -- <er>To Contemn</er>, <er>Despise</er>, <er>Scorn</er>, <er>Disdain</er>. <i>Contemn</i> is the generic term, and is applied especially to objects, qualities, etc., which are deemed contemptible, and but rarely to individuals; to <i>despise</i> is to regard or treat as mean, unbecoming, or worthless; to <i>scorn</i> is stronger, expressing a quick, indignant contempt; <i>disdain</i> is still stronger, denoting either unwarrantable pride and haughtiness or an abhorrence of what is base.</usage>

<h1>Contemner</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"ner</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner.</def> "<i>Contemners</i> of the gods."

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Contemningly</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"ning*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Contemptuously.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Contemper</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contemperare</ets>, <ets>-temperatum</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>temperare</ets> to temper. Cf. <er>Contemperate</er>.]</ety> <def>To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and <b>contempered</b> its malignancy. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contemperate</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"per*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Contemper</er>.]</ety> <def>To temper; to moderate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Moisten and <b>contemperate</b> the air. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contemperation</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem`per*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of tempering or moderating.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Proportionate mixture or combination.</def> "<i>Contemperation</i> of light and shade."

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Contemperature</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"per*a*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The different <b>contemperature</b> of the elements. <i>SDouth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contemplance</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"plance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Contemplation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Contemplant</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"plant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contemplans</ets>, p.pr.]</ety> <def>Given to contemplation; meditative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>