Definition of temperate

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Temperate (v. t.) Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking..

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Temperate :: Temperate (v. t.) Proceeding from temperance.
Intemperate :: Intemperate (a.) Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather..
Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Intemperance :: Intemperance (n.) The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions..
Figwort :: Figwort (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort..
Temperately :: Temperately (adv.) In a temperate manner.
Bison :: Bison (n.) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers..
Butterwort :: Butterwort (n.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone..
Dissipated :: Dissipated (a.) Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate..
Abstinent :: Abstinent (a.) Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate..
Distemperately :: Distemperately (adv.) Unduly.
Baneberry :: Baneberry (n.) A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous..
Palearctic :: Palearctic (a.) Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia..
Drink :: Drink (v. i.) To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the /se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple..
Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind..
Autumn :: Autumn (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called the fall. Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November..
Temperateness :: Temperateness (n.) The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
Intemperate :: Intemperate (a.) Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors..
Contemperate :: Contemperate (v. t.) To temper; to moderate.
Apple :: Apple (n.) The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
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