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单词 untemper
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untemperv.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈtemper.
(un- prefix2 1a.)
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > soften [verb (transitive)]
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supplea1398
mollify?a1425
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soften?a1425
unharden1552
intenerate1595
malax1634
tender1725
untemper1758
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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).
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