单词 | untemper |
释义 | untemperv. (un- prefix2 1a.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > soften [verb (transitive)] neshOE supplea1398 mollify?a1425 softa1425 soften?a1425 unharden1552 intenerate1595 malax1634 tender1725 untemper1758 leath1796 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 233 Examples have demonstrated to us that..the study of sciences does more soften and untemper the courages of men than any way fortifie and incite them. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 65 By the same operation Steel may be untempered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1685 |
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