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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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.

pp.

Duly mixed or modified; reduced to a proper state; softened; allayed; hardened.

Adjusted by musical temperament.

a. Disposed; as a well tempered, good tempered, or bad tempered man.