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===Etymology===
{{Template:Definition:etyl|la}} ''[[temperatus]]'', past participle of ''[[temperare]]''.  See [[Temper]].

===Pronunciation===
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===Adjective===
'''temperate'''

# [[Moderate]]; not [[excessive]]; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
# Not marked with [[passion]]; not [[violent]]; [[cool]]; [[calm]]; as, temperate language.
#* She is not hot, but '''temperate''' as the morn. ''[[Shakespeare]]''
#* That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our '''temperate''' kings. ''[[Tennyson]]''.
# 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]]''.
# Proceeding from temperance.
#* The '''temperate''' sleeps, and spirits light as air. ''[[Pope]]''.

====Derived terms====
* {{Template:Definition:geology}} [[temperate zone]], 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 zone]]s.

===Verb===
'''temperate'''

# {{Template:Definition:obsolete}} To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
#:* It inflames temperance, and '''temperates''' wrath. ''Marston''.


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