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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEM'PERATE, a. [L. temperatus.] Moderate; not excessive; as temperate heat; a temperate climate; temperate air.
1. Moderate in the indulgence of the appetites and passions; as temperate in eating and drinking; temperate in pleasures; temperate in speech.
Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
2. Cool; calm; not marked with passion; not violent; as a temperate discourse or address; temperate language.
3. Proceeding from temperance; as temperate sleep.
4. Free from ardent passion.
She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.
Temperate zone, the space on the earth between the tropics and the polar circles, where the heat is less than in the tropics, and the cold less than in the polar circles.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants" [ant: intemperate]
2: not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" [ant: intemperate]
3: not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" [syn: moderate, temperate]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English temperat, from Latin temperatus, from past participle of temperare Date: 14th century 1. marked by moderation: as a. keeping or held within limits ; not extreme or excessive ; mild b. moderate in indulgence of appetite or desire c. moderate in the use of alcoholic beverages d. marked by an absence or avoidance of extravagance, violence, or extreme partisanship 2. a. having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature b. found in or associated with a moderate climate <temperate insects> 3. existing as a prophage in infected cells and rarely causing lysis <temperate bacteriophages> • temperately adverb • temperateness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 avoiding excess; self-restrained. 2 moderate. 3 (of a region or climate) characterized by mild temperatures. 4 abstemious. Phrases and idioms: temperate zone the belt of the earth between the frigid and the torrid zones. Derivatives: temperately adv. temperateness n. Etymology: ME f. L temperatus past part. of temperare: see TEMPER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Temperate Tem"per*ate, v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.] It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. --Marston.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Temperate is used to describe a climate or a place which is never extremely hot or extremely cold. The Nile Valley keeps a temperate climate throughout the year. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If a person's behaviour is temperate, it is calm and reasonable, so that they do not get angry or lose their temper easily. (FORMAL) His final report to the President was far more temperate and balanced than the earlier memorandum. = moderate ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Moderate. 2. Abstemious, moderate. 3. Chaste, continent. 4. Cool, calm, dispassionate, sedate, sober.

Moby Thesaurus

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