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Show CO 7o CoNTE'MPERATE The earth *Though in eomparifon of heav'n fo fmall More plenty than the fun, that barren fhines Milton 3. To comprife, as a writing Wherefore alfo it is contained.in the feripture 1 Pety iie 6 4+ To reftrain ; to withhold; to keep with1 in bounds All men fhould be contained in duty ever after without the terrour of warlike forces Spenfer on Ireland Their king's petfon contains the unruly peopl Spenfer from evil occafions I tell you, firs " If you fhould {mile, he grows impatient. b The mighty Nile and Niger do not only moifte and contemperate the air, but refieth and humectat Brown the earth If blood abound, let it out, regulating the pa tient's diet, and contemperating the humours Wifeman's Surgery "CONTEMPERA'TION I felt the ardour of my paffion increafe, till could no longer contain _ Arbuthriot-and Pope CoNTA'INABLE. adj. [from contain,] Poffible to be contained The air, containgble within the cavity of the eoli 'pile, amounted to eleven grains 70 CONTA'MINATE Boyle «. a. [contamino Lat.] To defile ; to pollute by bafe mixture to corrup The ufe of air, without which there is no continuationin life, is not nutrition, but the contempera tion of fervour in the heart. . Brown's Vulg. Err 2. Proportionate mixture; proportion ‘There is not greater variety in men's faces, an in the contemperations of their natural humours than there is in their phantafies 7o CONTE'MPLATE. @. a. [contemplor Latin, This feems to have been onc accented on the firft fyllable.] To confider with continued attention ; to ftudy to meditate There is not much difficulty in cdnfining th mind to contemplate what we have a great defire t Shatkefpeare's Fulius Cefar A bafe pander holds the chamber-door Whilt by a flave, no gentler than a dog His faireft daughter is contaminated. Shakefpeare's Henry V know. Sapor had an heaven of glafs, which hetrod upon, contemplating over the fame as if he had been Jupi X quickly the Some of his baftard blocd, and'in difgrac Though it be neceflitated, by its relation to fleth a terreftria converfe yet 'tis, lik . without contaminating its beams He that lies wit the fun Glanville's Apol another man's wife propa gates children in another's family for him to leep and contaminates the honour thereof as much a in him lies Ayliffe's Parergon CoxtaMINA'TION. 7 [ [from contaminate.] Pollution ; defilement CoNTE'MERATED. adj. [contemeratus, Latin.] Violated ; polluted Did 7o CONTE'MN. @. a. [contemno, Latin. ' To defpife; to fcorn ; to flight ; to dif regard ; to negleét Peachant ter How can I confider what belongs to myfelf when I have been fo long contemplating on you Dryden's Fuwenal, Preface CoNTEMPLA'TION. #. J. [from contemPlate. 1. Meditation ; ftudious thought on an fubjeé&; continued attention Ho ConTE'MNER, 7. /. : [from contemn.] On - that contemns ; a defpifer ; a {corner He counfels him to perfecute innovators of wor thip, not only. as contemners of the gods, but difturb ers of the ftate 70 CONTE'MPER South. w. a. [contempero, La tin.] To moderate; to reduce to lower degree by mixing fomething o oppofite qualities The leaves-qualify and contemper the heat, an ~hinder the evaporation of moifture. Ray on the Creat CoNTE'MPERAMENT, #. /. [from contemdero, Latin.] The degree of any quality P There is nearly an equal contemperament of th fl"'"fi/ fi&‘.fii warmth of our bodies to that of the hotteft part o Derban the atmofphere wha feriou contemplation are yo Locke 2. Holy meditation ; a holy exercife of th {fo#;, employed in attention to facre things Yet better thus, and known to be contermned 1t { now Skakefpeare in Contemplation is keeping the idea, which isbrough into the mind, for fome time actually in view to defy Than ftill conterined and Aattered. Shak, King Lear Eve, thy contempt of life and pleafure feem To argue in thee fomething more fublim And excellent than what thy mind contemnse Milt Pygmalion then the Tyrian fceptre fway'd One who contemn'd divine and human laws Then firife enfued Dryden's Virgil's Zneid t So many hours muft I take my reft So many hours muft I contemplate. Shak. Henry V1 Even in the bed the hath contaminated, Shak. Othello Befpoke him thus: contaminated, bafe And mifbegotten blood I fpill of thine Shakefpeare's Henry V1 Watts 7o ConTE'MPLATE. @. 2. To mufe think ftudioufly with long attention Do it not with poifon 5 firangle her'in her bed t Hale's Origin of Mankind Shall we now Contaminate our fingers with bafe bribes #7/. [from contem perate.] 1. The a& of diminithing any quality b admixture of the contrary ; the aét o moderating or tempering ==Fcar not, my lord, we can contain ourfelves Shakefpeare 7% ConTA 1N, w.#. To live in continence @. a. [from ¢on temper.] To diminifh any quality b fomething" contrary; to moderate; t temper WNor glift'ring, may of folid good contai CO CO 3 1 have breath'd a fecret vo To live in prayer and contemplation Only attended by Neriffa here Shakefpeare's Merchant of Penice The faculty of ftudy : oppofed to th power of ation There are two funéions, contemplation and practice, according to that general divifion of objets fome of which entertain our fpeculation, other South employ our actions CoNTE'MPLATIVE adj [ fro conterm plate. 1. Given to thought or ftudy ; ftudious thoughtful Fixt and contemplative their looks Still turning over nature's books Denbam 2. Employed in ftudy ; dedicated to ftudy I a n courtier mor verfe in ftate affairs my life hath rather been contemplative than active Bacon Contemplative men may be without the pleafure o difcovering the fecrets of ftate, and men of alio are commonly without the pleafure of tracing th Greaw's Cofmolegia fecrets of divine art 3. Having the power of thought or meditation So many kinds of creatures might be to exercif the contemplative faculty of man Ray on the Creation adv. [from conCONTEMPLATIVELY templative.] Thoughtfully ; attentively with deep attention ConTEMPLA TOR. 7 /. [Latin.]. On employed in ftudy; an enquirer afte knowledge; a ftudent In the Perfian tongue the word magus import as much as a contemplator of divine and heavenl Raleigh's Hiffory {cience The Platonick contemplators reject both thel defcriptions, founded upon parts and colours Brown's Vulgar Errours CONTE'MPORARY adj. [contemporain French. 1. Living in the fame age ; coetaneous Albert Durer was contemporary to Lucas Dryden's Dufrefnoy 2. Born at the fame time A grove born with himfelf he fees And loves his old contemporary trees Cowley 3. Exifting at the fame point of time It is impoflible to male the ideas of yefterday to-day, and to-morrow, to be the fame; or brin ages paft and future together, and make the Locke contemporary ConTE'MPORARY. #. J. One who live at the fame time with another All this in blooming youth you }}avc achiev'd Nor are your foil'd contemporaries griev'd. __Dr_ya'e As he has been favourabl to me, he will hea of his kindnefs from our comtemporaries; for w are fallen into an age illiterate, cenforious, an Dryden's Juv. Preface detraéting The adtive part of mankind, as they do mof for the good of their contemporaries, very defervedl gain the greateft fhare in their applaufes Addifon's Freebolder 72 CONTE MPORISE. w. 4. [con and zemTo make contersporary pus, Latin. to place in the fame age The indifferency of their exiftences, contem_parzfe into our aétions, admits a farther confideration Broawn's Vulgar Errours CONTE'MPT. 7. /. [contemptus, Latin. 1. The aé of defpifing others ; flight regard ; {corn It was neither in contempt nor pride that I di Efther not bow The thame of being miferable Expofes men to fcorn and bafe confempt Even from their neareft friends Denham There is no ation, in the behaviour of one ma towards another impatient than o ofa man, upon inability, and of which human nature 1s mor contempt 5 it being an undervaluin beliet of his utter ufelefinefs an fpiteful endeavour to engage th reft of the world in the fyme flight efteem of him South His friend {mil'd fcornful, and with proud con temip Rejeés as idle what his fellow dreamt Diryden's Fables Nothing, fays Longinus, can be great, the conAddifort tempt of which is great 2. The ftate of being defpifed ; vilenefs The place was like to come unto-contempe 2 Mac. iii. 18 CoNTE'MPTIBLE. adj. [from contempt. 1. Worthy of contempt; deferving {corn No maa truly knows himfelf, but he growet daily more contemptible in his own eyes Taylor s Guide to Dewo'ion From no one vice exempt And moft contemptible to fhun contempt. Pope's Ep 2. Defpifed ; fcorned; neglected ‘There is not {o contemptible a plant or animal, tha does not confound the moft enlarged und-:n‘ta}‘dinyg acke 3 E 3. Scorn |