[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

temperate \tem"perate\, v. t.
   to render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
   obs.
   1913 webster

         it inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
                                                  --marston.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

temperate \tem"perate\, 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
see also:
temper temperate zone 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
intemperate moderate 

[4] : 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

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