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Anneal   /ənˈil/   Listen
Anneal

verb
(past & past part. annealed; pres. part. annealing)
1.
Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling.  Synonyms: normalize, temper.






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"Anneal" Quotes from Famous Books



... is very pretty," said Marietta through the window, and bending forward she rested her white hands on the table, among the little heaps of chemicals. "Anneal it, and give it ...
— Marietta - A Maid of Venice • F. Marion Crawford

... progress in any career." A consideration which sufficiently accounts for the superiority of the Jewish remnant. Intolerance and persecution are furnaces which, when they do not destroy, temper and anneal and strengthen. It is as with the bare-footed, half-clad, underfed children of the slums: those that do survive are strong indeed. Let my patriotic cicerone, the Jewish architect, testify. First in all his examinations, a violinist, a bicyclist, ...
— Without Prejudice • Israel Zangwill



Words linked to "Anneal" :   harden, indurate, temper



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