temper – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to temper
Participle: tempered
Gerund: tempering

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	temper
we	Let's temper
you	temper

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

diminish in force or intensity

abate, alleviate, assuage, decline, ebb, mitigate, relax, subside, wane

to evoke a state of peacefulness

allay, becalm, bestill, calm, delay, lull, placate, quell, still, pacify

to make something hard or harder

anneal, harden, indurate, obdurate, sclerotise, solidify, steel, stiffen

soften

calm, soothe, pacify, assuage, mollify, mitigate, moderate

adapt

adjust, accommodate, fit, suit

blend

mix, knead, work, moisten

harden

solidify, strengthen, petrify, indurate, anneal

Antonyms

soften

harden, indurate, excite, infuriate

adapt

derange, disarrange, dislocate, dismember

blend

divide, separate, dissociate, precipitate

harden

soften, melt, indulge, pamper

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. late O.E. temprian "to bring to a proper or suitable state, to modify some excessive quality, to restrain within due limits," from L. temperare "to mix correctly, moderate, regulate, blend," usually described as from tempus "time, season" (of unknown origin), with a sense of "proper time or season," but the sense history is obscure. Meaning "to make (steel) hard and elastic" is from c.1381. Sense of "to tune the pitch of a musical instrument" is recorded from c.1300.
2. From Middle English temperen, tempren, from Old English ġetemprian, temprian, borrowed from Latin temperō (“(transitive) to divide or proportion duly, to moderate, to regulate; (intransitive) to be moderate, temperate”), from tempus (“time, fit season”). Compare also French tempérer. Doublet of tamper. See temporal. See: Latin 'temperō', French 'tempérer'.

Verbs referencing "temper"

Finnish with old forms temperoida.

Sample Sentences