Hypertext Webster Gateway: "temperate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
[Obs.]

It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
--Marston.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare.
See {Temper}, v. t.]
1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate
climate.

2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as,
temperate language.

She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak.

That sober freedom out of which there springs Our
loyal passion for our temperate kings. --Tennyson.

3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or
passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
--Franklin.

4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]

The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
--Pope.

{Temperate zone} (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies
between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle;
-- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid
zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.

Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

temperate
adj 1: (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or
characteristic of such weather or climate; "a
temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate
plants" [ant: {intemperate}]
2: not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a
temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating
and drinking" [ant: {intemperate}]
3: not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his
response to criticism" [syn: {moderate}]


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