Definition of temper

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Temper (v. t.) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm..

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Pug :: Pug (n.) Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A person of a keen, irritable temper..
Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence..
Contemperation :: Contemperation (n.) The act of tempering or moderating.
Blow-off :: Blow-off (adj.) An outburst of temper or excitement.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret..
Disputative :: Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper..
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance..
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts..
Blendwater :: Blendwater (n.) A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected..
Serenely :: Serenely (adv.) With unruffled temper; coolly; calmly.
Attempering :: Attempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attempe.
Intemperateness :: Intemperateness (n.) Severity of weather; inclemency.
Condensation :: Condensation (n.) The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water..
Rasp :: Rasp (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper..
Natured :: Natured (a.) Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc..
Bilious :: Bilious (a.) Choleric; passionate; ill tempered.
Co-meddle :: Co-meddle (v. t.) To mix; to mingle, to temper..
Insobriety :: Insobriety (n.) Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness..
Temper :: Temper (n.) The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel..
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