Temper: v.tr. (word coming from the Latin temperare “to mix”; figurative: “to soften, to moderate”).
The verb “to temper” has several meanings:
1. Aged sense: Moderate by mixing the strength of (a fluid).
Temper a drink (cut).
Figurative meaning: An ethnic mixture
2. To soften the intensity of (weather conditions).
Warm current that tempers a climate.
3. Figurative and literary meaning: To soften, moderate, attenuate, soothe, calm.
Pronominal: a smile where anger is...
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