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Tempered

Tempered Meaning & Definition
Tempered Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tempered?

[adj] adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
[adj] made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tempered: annealed | baked | burned | burnt | diluted | hardened | moderated | qualified | sunbaked | toned down(p) | toughened | treated | tuned

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Tempered In Webster's Dictionary

\Tem"pered\, a. Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.

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