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adjective. Of or occurring in the Temperate Zone.

adjective. Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.

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adjective. Moderate in degree or quality; restrained.

adjective. Exercising moderation and self-restraint.

adjective. Of or relating to a virus that infects bacterial cells but rarely causes lysis.

Moderate; showing moderation; not excessive, lavish, or inordinate.

More especially— Moderate as regards the indulgence of the appetites or desires; abstemious; sober; continent: as, temperate in eating; temperate habits.

Not violent or extravagant in the use of language; calm; measured; dispassionate: as, a temperate discourse.

Not swayed by passion; calm; self-contained; self-restrained; not extreme in opinions.

Proceeding from temperance; moderate.

Moderate in respect of temperature; not liable to excessive heat or cold; mild; specifically, noting certain zones of the earth's surface.

In music, same as tempered.

= Syn. 1-4. Moderate, Temperate. See moderate.

To temper; moderate.

adjective. Moderate; not excessive.

adjective. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm.

adjective. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions.

adjective. Proceeding from temperance.

adjective. 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.

transitive verb. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

adjective. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

adjective. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.

adjective. Proceeding from temperance.

verb. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

adjective. not extreme

adjective. (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate

adjective. not extreme in behavior

"I would like your temperate drinker to pause, and reflect upon the fact, that the quantity of brandy or rum that he took at a drink, when he commenced this downhill course, has been gradually increased; so that in the second year, what had been quite sufficient to please his palate and produce all the desired effects in the first, was then insipidly small; and more so in the third year, if, mayhap, he could with any decency lay claim to the title of _temperate drinker_ so long."

temperate zones  

abstemious  cold-temperate  equable  light  mild  

and  because  between  called  circle  

intemperate  

considerate  courageous  economical  frugal  healthful  

abstemious  abstemious  abstentious  abstinent  aestival