temperate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin temperatus, past participle of temperare (“moderate, forbear, combine properly”). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod.

adj

1. Moderate; not excessive
   temperate heat
   a temperate climate.
2. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
   temperate in eating and drinking.
   August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
3. Proceeding from temperance.
4. Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.
   temperate fishes

verb

1. (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate
   It inflames temperance, and temp'rates wrath. 1613, John Marston, The Insatiate Countess