temperate

Definizione monolingua

temperate

temperate (third-person singular simple present temperates, present participle temperating, simple past and past participle temperated)

1. (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

   • It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.

temperate (comparative more temperate, superlative most temperate)

1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate ""closet taxonomist,"" Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

   • She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. Shakespeare
   • That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. Alfred Tennyson.
2. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
   • Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Franklin.
3. Proceeding from temperance.
   • The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. Alexander Pope.

Definizione dizionario temperate

astemio

continente

mite

moderato

modesto

parco

sobrio

temperato

Altri significati:

Proceeding from temperance.

'''(obsolete)''' to render temperate

moderate; not excessive heat, climate

not marked with passion

moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions

(obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.

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

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