Definition:Temperate

English

Etymology

Latin temperatus, past participle of temperare. See Temper.

Adjective

temperate

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. Shakespeare
   • 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.
   • The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. Pope.

Derived terms

• (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 zones.

Translations

moderate; not excessive heat, climate

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not marked with passion

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moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions

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proceeding from temperance

Verb

temperate

1. (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

   • It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.

Translations

(obsolete) to render temperate

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Italian

Verb

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