TEMPERATE
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Tem"per*ate (?), a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare. See Temper, v. t.] 1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
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2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
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She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.
Shak.
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That sober freedom out of which there springs
Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
Tennyson.
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3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
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Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
Franklin.
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4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
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The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
Pope.
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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.
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Syn. -- Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
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Tem"per*ate (?), v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.]
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It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
Marston.
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