Temper
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.
To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
To govern; to manage.
To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
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.
Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
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.
Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.
Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
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.
Middle state or course; mean; medium.
Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.
To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
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Temper Quotations
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde
O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!
William Shakespeare
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.
Bruce Lee
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
Khalil Gibran
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.
Charles Dickens
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.
Charles Dickens
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Robert Frost
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine
Temper Translations
temper in Dutch is harden, temperen, stalen
temper in Italian is temperamento, furia
temper in Latin is tempero
temper in Spanish is humor, furia, temperamento
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