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Webster 1913 Edition
Temperate
1.
Moderate; not excessive;
as,
. temperate
heat; a temperate
climate2.
Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm;
as,
. temperate
languageShe is not hot, but
temperate
as the morn. Shakespeare
That sober freedom out of which there springs
Our loyal passion for our
Our loyal passion for our
temperate
kings. Tennyson.
3.
Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions;
as,
. temperate
in eating and drinkingBe 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
,Verb.
T.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
[Obs.]
It inflames temperance, and
temperates
wrath. Marston.
Webster 1828 Edition
Temperate
TEM'PERATE
,Adj.
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.