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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 578 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TEMPER (from
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Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify,
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rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time,
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fit or due season)
  , to blend, modify, or qualify by mixing, to combine in due proportions, hence to restrain,
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calm . A specific application of the word is to the bringing of steel or other metal to a proper hardness and
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elasticity (see METAL and IRON AND STEEL) . The word is also used as a substantive, especially in the transferred sense of disposition or
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frame of mind, generally with some qualifying epithet, but when used absolutely signifying a hasty, passionate temper, or display of such .

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