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Temperate

//ˈtɛmpəɹət// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Moderate; not excessive.

    "temperate heat"

  2. 2
    Moderate; not excessive.; Specifically, moderate in temperature.

    "These trees can only grow in temperate climates."

  3. 3
    Moderate; not excessive.; Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions

    "temperate in eating and drinking."

  4. 4
    Proceeding from temperance.

    "The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air."

  5. 5
    Dependent on life in a temperate climate.

    "temperate fishes"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not extreme wordnet
  2. 2
    not extreme in behavior wordnet
  3. 3
    (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To render temperate; to moderate obsolete

    "It inflames temperance, and temp'rates wrath."

Etymology

Etymology 1

The adjective is first attested in 1380, in Middle English, the verb in 1540; borrowed from Latin temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to moderate, forbear, combine properly”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod.

Etymology 2

The adjective is first attested in 1380, in Middle English, the verb in 1540; borrowed from Latin temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to moderate, forbear, combine properly”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod.

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