TEMPERATE
temperate
Verb
- To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
- It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.
Adjective
- Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
- Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
- Proceeding from temperance.
- Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.
- temperate fishes
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