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> I'm a little confused by what you mean by "temper".  My first thoughts 
> when I hear the word are: 1) the personality trait.  and 2) what one 
> does to metals. I've never heard of this third kind of "to temper" and I 
> don't see anything like it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temper

It's essentially the same meaning; not sure whether the general use is 
metaphorically referring to the process with metals or the metal 
processing operation is just using a more generic term. "tempering" in the 
metal sense /is/ "restraining within due limits" the hardness of the 
metal, after a hardening operation.

The general version is used something like "he tempered his anger with 
wisdom" or something like that.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/temper#Verb

Dunno that milxe, as a tempered property isn't neccessarily /mild/ just 
/correct/, and a less strong implication that it reached that state from a 
more extreme one.

-jonored

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