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v. t.
Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
adv.
In a temperate manner.
v. t.
Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
n.
One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.
n.
The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
v. t.
The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected.
v. t.
Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
v. t.
The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament.
n.
Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.
n.
The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.
v. t.
Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
a.
Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.
v. t.
Proceeding from temperance.
v. t.
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
a.
Having power to temper.
v. t.
State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
n.
Temperance.
a.
Capable of being tempered.
a.
Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.
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