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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate;
- Example: "a temperate region"
- Example: "the temperate zones"
- Example: "temperate plants"

2. not extreme in behavior;
- Example: "temperate in his habits"
- Example: "a temperate response to an insult"
- Example: "temperate in his eating and drinking"

3. not extreme;
- Example: "a moderate penalty"
- Example: "temperate in his response to criticism"
[syn: moderate, temperate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. [1913 Webster] She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak. [1913 Webster] That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking. [1913 Webster] Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. --Franklin. [1913 Webster] 4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.] [1913 Webster] The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. --Marston. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, temperate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

109 Moby Thesaurus words for "temperate": 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