Temperate

Adjective

 * 1) Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
 * 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.
 * 1) * She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. Shakespeare
 * 2) * That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. Alfred Tennyson.
 * 3) Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
 * 4) * Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Franklin.
 * 5) Proceeding from temperance.
 * 6) * The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. Alexander Pope.
 * 1) * The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. Alexander Pope.

Derived terms

 * 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.

Synonyms
WikiSaurus:temperate

Verb

 * 1)  To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
 * It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.

Adverbs for Temperate
definitely; mildly; judiciously; moderately; calmly; pleasantly; safely; honestly; cautiously; discreetly; prudently; reasonably; certainly; occasionally; habitually; naturally; soberly; consistently; modestly; quietly; inveterately;  surprisingly;   meticulously; punctiliously; scrupulously; usually.

Thesaurus
abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, aestival, ascetic, austere, bland, blood-hot, blood-warm, bracing, calid, calm, celibate, chaste, checked, chill, chilly, cold sober, composed, constant, continent, controlled, cool, coolish, curbed, disciplined, discreet, dispassionate, equable, equatorial, even, even-tempered, forbearing, fresh, frugal, genial, gentle, grave, imperturbable, indulgent, invigorating, judicious, luke, lukewarm, measured, mild, mild as milk, moderate, modest, nonviolent, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, puritanical, quiet, rational, reasonable, regulated, restrained, room-temperature, sane, sedate, self-denying, self-indulgent, self-possessed, self-restrained, sensible, serene, serious, sober, sober-minded, sobersided, soft, solemn, sparing, stable, staid, steady, stimulating, stinting, subtropical, summery, sunny, sunshiny, tame, teetotal, tepid, thermal, thermic, toasty, tranquil, tropical, undrunk, undrunken, unexcessive, unexcited, unextreme, unfrozen, unimpassioned, uninebriate, uninebrious, unintoxicated, unperturbed, unruffled, untipsy, warm, warm as toast, warmish

Etymology
temperatus, past participle of tempero:. See temper.

Adjective

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 * Russian: умеренный


 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hungarian: higgadt


 * Russian: умеренный, сдержанный, воздержанный


 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian: mértéktartó


 * Russian: умеренный, сдержанный, воздержанный


 * Russian: умеренный


 * : tempéré

Verb

 * Chinese: 溫和的


 * Finnish: rauhoittaa, lauhduttaa

Anagrams

 * petameter
 * petametre

Verb
temperate