Definition of moderate

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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..

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Contemper :: Contemper (v. t.) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.
Porter :: Porter (n.) A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities..
Chill :: Chill (a.) Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.
Shallow-bodied :: Shallow-bodied (a.) Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.
Bouse :: Bouse (v. i.) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.
Respectable :: Respectable (a.) Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience..
Acidulate :: Acidulate (v. t.) To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
Swart :: Swart (a.) Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
Immoderateness :: Immoderateness (n.) The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance.
Tolerable :: Tolerable (a.) Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation..
Feverish :: Feverish (a.) Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish..
Excess :: Excess (n.) The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light..
Passably :: Passably (adv.) Tolerably; moderately.
Canter :: Canter (n.) A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
Moder :: Moder (v. t.) To moderate.
Smile :: Smile (v. i.) To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently..
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table..
Modesty :: Modesty (n.) The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit..
Conservative :: Conservative (n.) One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical..
Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.
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