Definitions
change by restraining or moderating
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“to have a good, bad, or calm temper”
“A noble temper dost thou show in this;”
“And it was peculiar in their Temper, that they were fonder of what they could get by Rapine or Stealth at a greater diſtance, than much better Food provided for them at home.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Control one's anger”6 letters
02“Mood”6 letters
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