Temperate — Defs

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

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 temperate as the morn.” — Shak.

“That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.” — Tennyson.
3.
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.” — Franklin.
4.
Proceeding from temperance.[R.]
“The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.” — Pope.

Phrases & compounds

Temperate zone — 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.

Syn. Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.

02 v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

1.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.[Obs.]
“It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.” — Marston.