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 ] | 
