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  • verb Present participle of untemper.

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Examples

  • By mine honour, in true English, I love thee, Kate: by which honour I dare not swear thou lovest me; yet my blood begins to flatter me that thou dost, notwithstanding the poor and untempering effect of my visage.

    The Life of King Henry the Fifth 2004

  • By mine honour, in true English I love thee, Kate: by which honour I dare not swear thou lovest me; yet my blood begins to flatter me that thou dost, not withstanding the poor and untempering effect of my visage.

    Act V. Scene II. The Life of King Henry the Fifth 1914

  • By mine honour, in true English, I love thee, Kate: by which honour I dare not swear thou lovest me; yet my blood begins to flatter me that thou dost, notwithstanding the poor and untempering effect of my visage.

    The Life of King Henry V 1599

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