Con*tem"per (k&obreve;n*t&ebreve;m"p&etilde;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.]

The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and contempered its malignancy.
Johnson.