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English Dictionary: temperate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for temperate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
temperate adj (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants" Antonym(s): intemperate not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" Antonym(s): intemperate not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" Synonym(s): moderate, 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"perate\, 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.