Emily Dickinson Lexicon — TEM'PER-ED

Definition for TEM'PER-ED

TEM'PER-A-TURE TEM'PER-ING

TEM'PER-ED, pp.

Duly mixed or modified; reduced to a proper state; softened; allayed; hardened.
Adjusted by musical temperament.
adj. Disposed; as, a well tempered, good tempered, or bad tempered man.

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