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    -tempered
    [ˈtempəd]
    combiningform
    1. having a specified temper or disposition:
      "ill-tempered"
    tem·per
    [ˈtempər]
    verb
    tempered (past tense) · tempered (past participle)
    1. improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it:
      "the way a smith would temper a sword" · "tempered steel pins"
      • improve the consistency or resiliency of (a substance) by means of a process involving heat or chemicals:
        "the display is a single sheet of glass, tempered for strength" · "for a shiny sheen to the chocolate coating, I recommend tempering the chocolate first"
    2. (be tempered with)
      act as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something):
      "their idealism is tempered with realism"
    3. tune (a piano or other instrument) so as to adjust the note intervals correctly.
    Origin
    Old English temprian ‘bring something into the required condition by mixing it with something else’, from Latin temperare ‘mingle, restrain’. Sense development was probably influenced by Old French temprer ‘to temper, moderate’. The noun originally denoted a proportionate mixture of elements or qualities, also the combination of the four bodily humors, believed in medieval times to be the basis of temperament, hence temper(late Middle English). Compare with temperament.
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    verb
    1. act as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something):
      moderate
      modify
      modulate
      tone down
      mitigate
      palliate
      alleviate
      allay
      assuage
      lessen
      reduce
      weaken
      lighten
      soften
      cushion
      qualify
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