| | slovo | definícia |  | temper (mass)
 | temper - temperament, nálada, prchkosť, vznetlivosť, kaliť, temperovať,
 zmierniť, karhať
 |  | temper (encz)
 | temper,kalit			web |  | temper (encz)
 | temper,nálada			Zdeněk Brož |  | temper (encz)
 | temper,popouštět			Zdeněk Brož |  | temper (encz)
 | temper,rozpoložení	n:		Zdeněk Brož |  | temper (encz)
 | temper,temperament			Zdeněk Brož |  | temper (encz)
 | temper,temperovat			Zdeněk Brož |  | temper (encz)
 | temper,vznětlivost	n:		Zdeněk Brož |  | temper (encz)
 | temper,vztek	n:		Zdeněk Brož |  | temper (encz)
 | temper,zmírnit	v:		Zdeněk Brož |  | Temper (gcide)
 | Temper \Tem"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tempered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tempering.] [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. temp['e]rer,
 and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time.
 Cf. Temporal, Distemper, Tamper.]
 1. 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;
 to soothe; to calm.
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 Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch
 indifference, that mercy itself could not have
 dictated a milder system.             --Bancroft.
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 Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee
 To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
 --Otway.
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 But thy fire
 Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher.
 --Byron.
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 She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and
 clouds about her, that tempered the light into a
 thousand beautiful shades and colors. --Addison.
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 2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
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 Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the
 eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.
 --Wisdom xvi.
 21.
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 3. (Metal.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to
 temper iron or steel.
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 The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound.
 --Dryden.
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 4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.]
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 With which the damned ghosts he governeth,
 And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth. --Spenser.
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 5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as
 clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
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 6. (Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual
 scale, or to that in actual use.
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 Syn: To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.
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 |  | Temper (gcide)
 | Temper \Tem"per\, n. 1. The state of any compound substance which results from the
 mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different
 qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.
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 2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the
 mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood,
 choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
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 The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily temper
 increased the exquisiteness of his torment.
 --Fuller.
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 3. Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind,
 particularly with regard to the passions and affections;
 as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.
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 Remember with what mild
 And gracious temper he both heared and judged.
 --Milton.
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 The consequents of a certain ethical temper. --J. H.
 Newman.
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 4. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as,
 to keep one's temper.
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 To fall with dignity, with temper rise. --Pope.
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 Restore yourselves to your tempers, fathers. --B.
 Jonson.
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 5. Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger;
 -- in a reproachful sense. [Colloq.]
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 6. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to
 its hardness, produced by some process of heating or
 cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.
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 7. Middle state or course; mean; medium. [R.]
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 The perfect lawgiver is a just temper between the
 mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general
 principles, and the mere man of business, who can
 see nothing but particular circumstances.
 --Macaulay.
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 8. (Sugar Works) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed
 in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
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 Temper screw, in deep well boring, an adjusting screw
 connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the
 tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.
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 Syn: Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See
 Disposition.
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 |  | Temper (gcide)
 | Temper \Tem"per\, v. i. 1. To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.
 [Obs.] --Shak.
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 2. To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to
 grow soft and pliable.
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 I have him already tempering between my finger and
 my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. --Shak.
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 |  | temper (wn)
 | temper n 1: a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp
 firewood" [syn: pique, temper, irritation]
 2: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of
 feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his
 temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" [syn: temper,
 mood, humor, humour]
 3: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was
 well known to all his employees" [syn: temper,
 biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness,
 snappishness, surliness]
 4: the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to
 absorb considerable energy before cracking [syn: temper,
 toughness]
 v 1: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a
 process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
 [syn: anneal, temper, normalize]
 2: harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" [syn:
 temper, harden]
 3: adjust the pitch (of pianos)
 4: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
 something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" [syn:
 temper, season, mollify]
 5: restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper]
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 | | podobné slovo | definícia |  | eventempered (mass)
 | even-tempered - pokojný
 |  | temperate (mass)
 | temperate - teplotný
 |  | temperateness (mass)
 | temperateness - dobré počasie, slnečné počasie, sebakontrola, sebaovládanie
 |  | temperature (mass)
 | temperature - teplota
 |  | standard temperature and pressure (msas)
 | standard temperature and pressure - s.t.p.
 |  | temperament (msas)
 | temperament - temper
 |  | temperovať (msas)
 | temperovať - temper
 |  | standard temperature and pressure (msasasci)
 | standard temperature and pressure - s.t.p.
 |  | temperament (msasasci)
 | temperament - temper
 |  | temperovat (msasasci)
 | temperovat - temper
 |  | bad temper (encz)
 | bad temper,špatná nálada	n:		luke |  | bad-tempered (encz)
 | bad-tempered,špatně naladěn			luke |  | body temperature (encz)
 | body temperature,tělesná teplota	n: [bio.]		Ivan Masárbody temperature,teplota tělesa	n: [fyz.]		Ivan Masár |  | curie temperature (encz)
 | Curie temperature, |  | distemper (encz)
 | distemper,psí nemoc			Zdeněk Broždistemper,psinka	n:		Zdeněk Brož |  | distempered (encz)
 | distempered,churavý	adj:		Zdeněk Broždistempered,nemocný	adj:		Zdeněk Brož |  | equal temperament (encz)
 | equal temperament,	n: |  | equine distemper (encz)
 | equine distemper,	n: |  | even-tempered (encz)
 | even-tempered,klidný	adj:		Zdeněk Broževen-tempered,vyrovnaný	adj:		Zdeněk Brož |  | good temper (encz)
 | good temper,	n: |  | good-tempered (encz)
 | good-tempered,veselé nálady			Zdeněk Brožgood-tempered,vyrovnaný	adj:		Zdeněk Brož |  | good-temperedness (encz)
 | good-temperedness,	n: |  | high temperature (encz)
 | high temperature,	n: |  | hold your temper (encz)
 | hold your temper, |  | hot tempered (encz)
 | hot tempered, |  | hot-tempered (encz)
 | hot-tempered,prudký	adj:		Zdeněk Brožhot-tempered,vznětlivý	adj:		Zdeněk Brož |  | ill temper (encz)
 | ill temper,	n: |  | ill-tempered (encz)
 | ill-tempered,mrzutý			Nijelill-tempered,nevrlý			Nijel |  | intemperance (encz)
 | intemperance,nestřídmost	n:		Zdeněk Brožintemperance,neukázněnost	n:		Zdeněk Brož |  | intemperate (encz)
 | intemperate,nestřídmý	adj:		Zdeněk Brož |  | intemperately (encz)
 | intemperately, |  | intemperateness (encz)
 | intemperateness,	n: | 
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