The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
Pope.
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.
Syn. — Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
Tem"per*ate (?), v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to
temper. [Obs.]
It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
Marston.
Tem"per*ate*ly (?), adv. In a temperate manner.
Tem"per*ate*ness, n. The quality or state of being temperate;
moderateness; temperance.
Tem"per*a*tive (?), a. [Cf. L. temperativus soothing.] Having power to
temper. [R.] T. Granger.
Tem"per*a*ture (?), n. [F. température, L. temperatura due measure,
proportion, temper, temperament.] 1. Constitution; state; degree of any
quality.
The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and
opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power
to feign, if there be no remedy.
Bacon.
Memory depends upon the consistence and the temperature of the brain.