Moderate

·vi To preside as a moderator.

II. Moderate ·adj Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.

III. Moderate ·adj Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind.

IV. Moderate ·adj Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.

V. Moderate ·adj Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist.

VI. Moderate ·vi To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.

VII. Moderate ·vt To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod.

VIII. Moderate ·adj Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.

IX. Moderate ·adj Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained.

X. Moderate ·adj Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.

XI. Moderate ·adj Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities.

XII. Moderate ·noun One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.

XIII. Moderate ·vt To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to Lessen; to Allay; to Repress; to Temper; to Qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, ·etc.; to moderate heat or wind.