About The Word Temperate
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Temperate
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What's The Definition Of Temperate?
[adj] not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
[adj] not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" [adj] (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants" Synonyms | Synonyms for Temperate: abstemious | equable | light(a) | mild | moderate | restrained Related Terms | Find terms related to Temperate: See Also | clement Temperate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Tem"per*ate\, v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.] It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. --Marston. |
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