anneals

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A form of anneal — To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

Scrabble 7

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verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of anneal
noun
  1. pluralplural of anneal.

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