anneal
verb (used with object)
to heat (glass, earthenware, metals, etc.) to remove or prevent internal stress.
had annealed
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past perfectof anneal.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The ghetto and the pogrom had annealed Judaism in the hearts of countless generations of Jews, almost since the great dispersion.
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