tempered

tempered · adjective¹

1. Old English · derived fromġetemprian“to temper, moderate, govern, cure”
2. Old English · inherited fromġetemprod“tempered, moderate, goverened, cured”
3. Middle English · inherited fromtempred
4. English todaytempered

From Middle English tempred, itempered, ytempred, ytemprid, from Old English ġetemprod (“tempered, moderate, goverened, cured”), past participle of Old English ġetemprian (“to temper, moderate, govern, cure”), equivalent to temper + -ed.

tempered · verb²

1. Old English · inherited fromġetemprod
2. Middle English · inherited fromtempred
3. Old English · derived fromtemprian
4. Old English · inherited fromtemprode
5. Middle English · inherited fromtemperd
6. English todaytempered

Partly from Middle English temperd, temprede, from Old English temprode, first and third person singular preterit of Old English temprian; and partly from Middle English tempred, i-tempred, from Old English ġetemprod. Equivalent to temper + -ed.

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