Definition of distemper

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Distemper (v. t.) To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

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Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air..
Rabid :: Rabid (n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease..
Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.
Rinderpest :: Rinderpest (n.) A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts..
Tempera :: Tempera (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..
Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.
Pedicular :: Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Political disorder; tumult.
Rot :: Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.
Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.
Distemperance :: Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.
Malady :: Malady (n.) Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder..
Distempering :: Distempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distempe.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms..
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