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v. To subject (glass or metal) to a process of heating and slow cooling in order to toughen and reduce brittleness.

v. To strengthen or harden.

verb-intransitive. To become strengthened or hardened: "the time she needed for opinion to anneal around her policy” ( Alexander M. Haig, Jr.)

v. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

v. To strengthen or harden.

v. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

v. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.

Originally, to set on fire; kindle.

To heat, fire, bake, or fuse, as glass, earthenware, ores, etc.

To heat, as glass, earthenware, or metals, in order to fix colors; enamel.

To treat, as glass, earthenware, or metals, by heating and gradually cooling, so as to toughen them and remove their brittleness.

Same as aneal.

v. bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling

"(For the record: I pronounce it like the word "anneal", used in glassmaking.)"

annealed    annealing    anneals   

harden    indurate   

annealed    annealing   

temper    toughen    bake   

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momentary-contact    front-panel    cold/room    touchpad    officinal    standalone