temper (v)
season#1 (v)
mollify#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
def moderate
examples she tempered her criticism
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym weaken
Derivationally related form mollify → mollification
Derivationally related form mollify → mollification
Incoming links
Derivationally related form mollification → mollify
Derivationally related form mollification → mollify
Hyponym weaken

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