Associations to the word «Anneal»

Wiktionary

ANNEAL, verb. (metallurgy) To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
ANNEAL, verb. To strengthen or harden.

Dictionary definition

ANNEAL, verb. Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne