Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To disturb; disorder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To temper ill; to disorder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
temper ill; todisorder .
Etymologies
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mis- + temper
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Examples
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It was the mistemper of a noble soul, that is severed from all earthly things, and yet devoted to unbounded woe.
Chapter XI. Book V 1917
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