10. (v.t.)temper to moderate: to temper justice with mercy.
11. temper to soften or tone down.
12. temper to make suitable by or as if by blending.
13. temper to work into proper consistency, as clay or mortar.
14. temper to impart strength or toughness to (steel or cast iron) by heating and cooling.
15. temper to tune (a keyboard instrument) so as to make the tones available in different keys or tonalities.
16. temper Archaic. to blend in due proportions.
17. temper Archaic. to pacify.
18. (v.i.)temper to be or become tempered.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME tempren, OE temprian < L temperāre to restrain oneself, adjust, temper)
Definition of 'Temper'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)pique, temper, irritation a sudden outburst of anger "his temper sparked like damp firewood"
2. (noun)temper, mood, humor, humour a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
3. (noun)temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger "his temper was well known to all his employees"
4. (verb)temper, toughness the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
5. (verb)anneal, temper, normalize bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling "temper glass"
6. (verb)temper, harden harden by reheating and cooling in oil "temper steel"
7. (verb)temper adjust the pitch (of pianos)
8. (verb)temper, season, mollify makemore temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate "she tempered her criticism"
3. temper lose your temper to lose control of your emotions and show your anger I don't often lose my temper.
Definition of 'Temper'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Temper the state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar
2. (noun)Temper constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy
3. (noun)Temper disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper
4. (noun)Temper calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper
5. (noun)Temper heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense
6. (noun)Temper the state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel
8. (noun)Temper milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar
9. (verb)Temper to mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm
10. (verb)Temper to fit together; to adjust; to accomodate
11. (verb)Temper to bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temperiron or steel
12. (verb)Temper to govern; to manage
13. (verb)Temper to moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc
14. (verb)Temper to adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use
15. (verb)Temper to accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity
16. (verb)Temper to have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable
Definitions of Temper 
Afrikaans: bui, humeur
Arabic: مِزاج
Bulgarian: настроение
Brazilian: humor
Czech: nálada
German: die Stimmung
Danish: humør
Greek: (ψυχική) διάθεση
Spanish: humor
Estonian: meeleolu
Farsi: حالت روحی؛ خلق
Finnish: tuuli
French: humeur
Hebrew: מֶזֶג
Hindi: मनोदशा
Croatian: raspoloženje
Hungarian: hangulat
Indonesian: perangai
Icelandic: skap
Italian: umore
Japanese: 気分
Korean: 기분, 기질
Lithuanian: nuotaika
Latvian: garastāvoklis; oma
Malay: angin
Dutch: humeur
Norwegian: sinn, humør, lynne
Polish: humor, nastrój
Persian: حالت روحی؛ خلق
Pashto: برابرول، معتدلول: اّب ورك
Portuguese: humor
Romanian: dispoziţie
Russian: настроение
Slovak: nálada
Slovenian: razpoloženje
Serbian: raspoloženje
Swedish: humör
Thai: อารมณ์
Turkish: ruh hali, keyif
Taiwanese: 心情
Ukrainian: настрій
Urdu: ذہني حالت، موڈ
Vietnamese: tính tình, tính khí
Chinese: 心情
