Found 3 items, similar to Temperate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: temperate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: temperate
temperate
adj 1: (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or
characteristic of such weather or climate;
“a
temperate region”;
“the temperate zones”;
“temperate
plants” [ant:
intemperate]
2: not extreme in behavior;
“temperate in his habits”;
“a
temperate response to an insult”;
“temperate in his eating
and drinking” [ant:
intemperate]
3: not extreme;
“a moderate penalty”;
“temperate in his
response to criticism” [syn:
moderate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Temperate
Temperate
\Tem"per*ate\, v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
[Obs.]
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It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
--Marston.
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Temperate
\Tem"per*ate\, a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare.
See
Temper, v. t.]
1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate
climate.
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2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as,
temperate language.
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She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak.
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That sober freedom out of which there springs
Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
--Tennyson.
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3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or
passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
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Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
--Franklin.
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4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
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The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
--Pope.
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Temperate zone (Geog.), 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.
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Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
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