Definitions for temperate

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temperate tem·per·ate

Spelling: [tem-per-it, tem-prit]

IPA: /ˈtɛm pər ɪt, ˈtɛm prɪt/

Temperate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in temperate (aeeemprtt).

Definitions for temperate

adjective

1. moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.:
2. moderate as regards indulgence of appetite or passion, especially in the use of alcoholic liquors.
3. not excessive in degree, as things, qualities, etc.
4. moderate in respect to temperature; not subject to prolonged extremes of hot or cold weather.
5. Microbiology. (of a virus) existing in infected host cells but rarely causing lysis.

Origin of temperate

1350-1400; Middle English temperat Latin temperātus, past participle of temperāre to exercise restraint, control. See temper, Examples for temperate

No wonder that our top three airports are also in temperate climes.

Oregonians suffer through them in anticipation of the blissfully sunny and temperate summer.

From a lazy young man about town, I had become active, energetic, temperate, and above all—oh, above all else—ambitious.

Many Indians regard it as a quasi-mythical place, a land of lush hills, temperate climate, martial men, and handsome women.

I am like the drunkard who admires a temperate life, yet can't pass a ginshop.

A temperate and instructive contribution to railroad literature.

Not a hand was raised—for his worst enemies could not deny that he was temperate and frugal.

He was temperate in his rationalism and thrifty in his philanthropy.

Houston, where I have been working as a consultant, hardly qualifies as one of the most physically attractive or temperate cities.

It was a mistake, then, was it, to be temperate and industrious?