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/ˈtɛmpəɹət/
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ˈtɛmpəɹət
Adjective
Moderate; not excessive.
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temperate heat
He has a temperate demeanour
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She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.
That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
"Even in his most temperate moments he is constantly felling people with a hunting-crop."
Moderate; not excessive. Specifically, moderate in temperature.
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These trees can only grow in temperate climates.
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Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
Moderate; not excessive. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
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temperate in eating and drinking.
August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
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I am a temperate man and have made it a rule not to drink before luncheon. But I was so much ashamed of my first feeling about Gorman that I thought it well to break my rule. […] I gave my vote for whisky and soda as the more thorough-going drink of the two. A cocktail is seldom more than a mouthful.
Proceeding from temperance.
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The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
Dependent on life in a temperate climate.
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temperate fishes
Verb
To render temperate; to moderate
Usage- Obsolete
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It inflames temperance, and temp'rates wrath.
Adjective
(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
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a temperate region
the temperate zones
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temperate plants
not extreme in behavior
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temperate in his habits
a temperate response to an insult
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temperate in his eating and drinking
not extreme
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a moderate penalty
temperate in his response to criticism