умеря́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
• temper noun A person's tendency to become angry, or a fit of anger itself.

Senses

умеря́ть is used for these senses in English:

• mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
• temper (archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.

temper — full definition

1. noun A person's tendency to become angry, or a fit of anger itself.
2. noun A person's general mood or state of mind.
3. verb To moderate or soften something, making it less extreme.
4. verb To toughen metal or glass by controlled heating and cooling.

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