All 3 Uses
tempered
in
City of Heavenly Fire
(Edited)
- I was fascinated with the way that human beings had grappled with the ideas of absolute evil and absolute good tempered with love and free will.
p. i.7 *tempered = made less extreme
- All steel must be tempered— subjected to great heat, almost enough to melt or destroy the metal—to make it stronger.
p. 5.6 *tempered = made stronger or less brittle by heat treatment
- Emma could hardly wait the six years until she would be eighteen, when she could travel the world to fight demons, when she could be tempered in fire.
p. 5.9tempered = made stronger
Definitions:
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(1)
(tempered as in: bad news tempered by kindness) made less extreme
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(2)
(tempered as in: tempered steel) made stronger or more flexible by heat treatment -- often of steel or glass
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(3)
(tempered as in: short-tempered) having a typical mood or temperament -- often in reference to how easily one is angered
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)