TEMPER (from

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• LAT

Lat. temperare, to mingle or

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• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound in due proportion, to qualify,

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• RULE

rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos,

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• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time,

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• FIT

fit or due

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• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season)  , to blend, modify, or qualify by mixing, to combine in due proportions, hence to restrain, calm . A specific application of the word is to the bringing of steel or other metal to a proper hardness and elasticity (see METAL and IRON AND STEEL) . The word is also used as a substantive, especially in the transferred sense of disposition or frame of mind, generally with some qualifying epithet, but when used absolutely signifying a hasty, passionate temper, or display of such .