temperate

[Tem·per*ate]

Temperate means mild, moderate. If you're a temperate person, you are calm, reasonable. If you live in a temperate climate, it's warm and sunny, but not too hot.

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Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

Adjective S.
not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"

Adjective
not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"

Adjective
(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants"

v. t.
Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

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

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

v. t.
Proceeding from temperance.

v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

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.

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

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.

4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]

The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.

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.

Temperate

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

It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.

Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

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Usage Examples

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

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