Tempered Definition
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adjective
Having been given the desired temper, consistency, hardness, etc.
Tempered steel.
Webster's New World
Having a (specified kind of) temper.
Bad-tempered.
Webster's New World
Modified by addition of or mixture with other qualities, ingredients, etc.
The mercy in a tempered justice.
Webster's New World
Made appropriately hard or flexible by tempering.
A sword of tempered steel.
American Heritage
Having the requisite degree of hardness or elasticity. Used of glass or a metal.
American Heritage
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