Definitions for: Temperate


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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Tem"per*ate, v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
[Obs.]

It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
--Marston.

Synonyms: abstemious, equable, light(a), mild, moderate, restrained

Antonyms: intemperate

See Also: clement

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