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(1):

(v. i.) To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.

(2):

(n.) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.

(3):

(v. i.) To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.

(4):

(n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.

(5):

(v. t.) To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.

(6):

(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.

(7):

(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.

(8):

(n.) Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; - in a reproachful sense.

(9):

(n.) Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.

(10):

(n.) Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.

(11):

(v. t.) To govern; to manage.

(12):

(n.) The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.

(13):

(v. t.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.

(14):

(v. t.) To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

(15):

(n.) Middle state or course; mean; medium.

(16):

(v. t.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Temper'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/temper.html. 1828.
 
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