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adjective

Temperate adj.

Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. "She is not hot, but temperate as the morn." "That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings."

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."

Proceeding from temperance. (R.) "The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air."

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.

Synonyms: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.

verb

Temperate v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. (Obs.) "It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath."

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Etymology of 'Temperate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Temperate" Quotes from Famous Books

... the influence upon the perfecting of the soul through the temperate enjoyment of the pleasures held out by the senses; and how marvellously has the matter changed, even while under our hands! We found that even excess and abuse in this direction have furthered the real demands of humanity; the deflections from the primitive end of ...

— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller

... Vailima resumed.)—A gorgeous evening of after-glow in the great tree-tops and behind the mountain, and full moon over the lowlands and the sea, inaugurated a night of horrid cold. To you effete denizens of the so-called temperate zone, it had seemed nothing; neither of us could sleep; we were up seeking extra coverings, I know not at what hour—it was as bright as day. The moon right over Vaea—near due west, the birds strangely silent, and the wood of the house tingling with cold; I believe it must have been 60 ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... superficial judges would regard me as a man devoid of feeling. I have to announce a discovery to-morrow to the College of Medicine, for I am studying a disease that had disappeared—a mortal disease for which no cure is known in temperate climates, though it is curable in the West Indies—a malady known here in the Middle Ages. A noble fight is that of the physician against such a disease. For the last ten days I have thought of nothing but these cases—for there are two, a husband and wife.—Are ...

— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac

... written in the poet's maturity. But, to keep to the simile, has this epical poem the unity of ocean? Does it consist of separate seas, or is it really one, as the wastes which wash from Arctic to Antarctic, through zones temperate and equatorial, are yet one and indivisible? If it have not this unity it is still a stupendous accomplishment, but it is not a work of art. And though art is but the handmaiden of genius, what student of Comparative Literature will deny that nothing has survived the ruining breath of Time—not ...

— Life of Robert Browning • William Sharp

... Climate: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers ...

— The 1999 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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