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verb 
  1. (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
  • It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.
adjective 
  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 as the morn. Shakespeare
    • That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our kings. Tennyson.
      1. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, in eating and drinking.
    • Be sober and , and you will be healthy. Franklin.
      1. Proceeding from temperance.
    • The sleeps, and spirits light as air. Pope.
Etymology: temperatus, past participle of temperare. See Temper.

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