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English

Etymology

temperatus, past participle of temperare. See Temper.

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at En-us-temperate.ogg


Adjective

temperate

  1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
  2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
  3. *She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. Shakespeare
  4. *That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. Tennyson.
  5. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
  6. *Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Franklin.
  7. Proceeding from temperance.
  8. *The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. Pope.


Derived terms

  • temperate zone, 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.


Synonyms

WikiSaurus:temperate

Translations

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Verb

temperate

  1. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
  2. :*It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.


Translations

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Italian

Verb

temperate

  1. {{form of|second-person|Second-person plural present tense|temperare#Italian|temperare|lang=Italian}}
  2. {{form of|Second-person plural imperative|temperare#Italian|temperare|lang=Italian}}
  3. {{form of|feminine|Feminine plural|temperato}}


Category:Italian past participle forms Category:Italian verb forms

fa:temperate fr:temperate ko:temperate io:temperate it:temperate hu:temperate ja:temperate pl:temperate ru:temperate ta:temperate te:temperate vi:temperate uk:temperate zh:temperate

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Synonyms

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
[Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
--Marston.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as,
temperate language.
[1913 Webster]

She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

That sober freedom out of which there springs
Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]

3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or
passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
[1913 Webster]

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
--Franklin.
[1913 Webster]

4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
[1913 Webster]

The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet temperate
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]
Moby Dictionary
abstemious , abstentious , abstinent , aestival , ascetic , austere ,
bland , blood-hot , blood-warm , bracing , calid , calm , celibate ,
chaste , checked , chill , chilly , cold sober , composed , constant ,
continent , controlled , cool , coolish , curbed , disciplined ,
discreet , dispassionate , equable , equatorial , even , even-tempered ,
forbearing , fresh , frugal , genial , gentle , grave , imperturbable ,
indulgent , invigorating , judicious , luke , lukewarm , measured , mild ,
mild as milk , moderate , modest , nonviolent , pacifistic , peaceable ,
peaceful , prudent , puritanical , quiet , rational , reasonable ,
regulated , restrained , room-temperature , sane , sedate ,
self-denying , self-indulgent , self-possessed , self-restrained ,
sensible , serene , serious , sober , sober-minded , sobersided , soft ,
solemn , sparing , stable , staid , steady , stimulating , stinting ,
subtropical , summery , sunny , sunshiny , tame , teetotal , tepid ,
thermal , thermic , toasty , tranquil , tropical , undrunk , undrunken ,
unexcessive , unexcited , unextreme , unfrozen , unimpassioned ,
uninebriate , uninebrious , unintoxicated , unperturbed , unruffled ,
untipsy , warm , warm as toast , warmish


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