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tremper

/tʁɑ̃.pe/

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verb/tʁɑ̃.pe/

to soak, to drench, to wet; to dip, to dunk, to immerse; to temper (metal), to harden

Inherited from Middle French tremper, a metathesis of Old French temprer, from Latin temperāre (“mix, moderate”). Doublet of tempérer, a borrowing.