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untemper

untemper verb: to deprive of temper.

Verb

untemper (third-person singular simple present untempers, present participle untempering, simple past and past participle untempered)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of temper
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to make soft.
    • untemper courage

Forms of untemper

third-person singular presentuntempers
present participleuntempering
past participleuntempered
pastuntempered

Origin of untemper

From un- + temper.

Questions about untemper

What does untemper mean?
Untemper means to deprive of temper.
What part of speech is untemper?
Untemper is a verb.
What is the past tense of untemper?
The past tense of untemper is untempered.

Words near untemper in the dictionary

  1. untellability
  2. untellable
  3. untellably
  4. untelling
  5. untells
  6. untemper
  7. untemperamental
  8. untemperate
  9. untemperately
  10. untemperateness
  11. untempered

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