untemper
English
Etymology
Verb
untemper (third-person singular simple present untempers, present participle untempering, simple past and past participle untempered)
- (transitive, metallurgy) To deprive of temper
- (transitive, figurative) to make soft.
- untemper courage
References
- “untemper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.