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Webster 1913 Edition

Intemperate

In-temˊper-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
intemperatus
. See
In-
not, and
Temperate
.]
1.
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion.
2.
Specifically,
addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.
3.
Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate;
as,
intemperate
language, zeal, etc.;
intemperate
weather
.
Most do taste through fond
intemperate
thirst.
Milton.
Use not thy mouth to
intemperate
swearing.
Ecclus. xxiii. 13.

In-temˊper-ate

,
Verb.
T.
To disorder.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Intemperate

INTEM'PERATE

,
Adj.
[L. intemperatus; in and temperatus, from tempero, to moderate or restrain.]
1.
Not moderate or restrained within due limits; indulging to excess any appetite or passion, either habitually or in a particular instance; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion. A man may be intemperate in passion, intemperate in labor, intemperate in study or zeal. Hence by customary application, intemperate denotes indulging to excess in the use of food or drink, but particularly in the use of spirituous liquors. Hence,
2. Addicted to an excessive or habitual use of spirituous liquors.
3.
Passionate; ungovernable.
4.
Excessive; exceeding the convenient mean or degree; as an intemperate climate. The weather may be rendered intemperate by violent winds, rain or snow, or by excessive cold or heat.

INTEM'PERATE

,
Verb.
T.
To disorder. [Not in use.]

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