Anneal
English Meaning
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.
- To subject (glass or metal) to a process of heating and slow cooling in order to toughen and reduce brittleness.
- To strengthen or harden.
- To become strengthened or hardened: "the time she needed for opinion to anneal around her policy” ( Alexander M. Haig, Jr.)