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To moderate or control.
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Temper your language around children.
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To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
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Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature.
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To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
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To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
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To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
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(Latinism) To govern; to manage.
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To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
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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.
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To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.