adjective
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
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- a sword of tempered steel
- tempered glass
adjective
adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
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- criticism tempered with kindly sympathy
verb
bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
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- temper glass
verb
harden by reheating and cooling in oil
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- temper steel
verb
adjust the pitch (of pianos)
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verb
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
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- she tempered her criticism
verb
change by restraining or moderating
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