Temperate
Pronunciation
Origin
Latin temperatus, past participle of temperare ("moderate, forbear, combine properly"). See temper.
Full definition of temperate
Adjective
temperate
- Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
- Schuster Hepaticae V|viiHepaticology, 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.
- :She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.
- :That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
- 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.
- Proceeding from temperance.
- :The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
- Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.temperate fishes
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Derived terms
- (geology) 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.
Verb
- (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
- It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.