TEMPERATE
\tˈɛmpəɹət], \tˈɛmpəɹət], \t_ˈɛ_m_p_ə_ɹ_ə_t]\
Definitions of TEMPERATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
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(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants"
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not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
By Princeton University
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not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
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(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants"
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not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
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Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
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Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
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Proceeding from temperance.
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To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
By Oddity Software
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Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
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Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
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Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
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Proceeding from temperance.
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To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
By Noah Webster.
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Moderate; not apt to go to extremes; not inclined to eat or drink to excess; mild in climate or temperature; as, the temperate zone.
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Temperateness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Temperateness.
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Moderate in degree of any quality, esp. in the appetites and passions: calm: cool: abstemious: neither very cold nor very hot, applied to climate.
By Daniel Lyons
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Temperateness.
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Moderate as regards temperature.
By James Champlin Fernald
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