Temperate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt Proceeding from temperance.

II. Temperate ·vt Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

III. Temperate ·vt Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.

IV. Temperate ·vt Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.

V. Temperate ·vt To render temperate; to Moderate; to Soften; to Temper.

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