\Tem"per*ate\, a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare.
See {Temper}, v. t.]
1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate
   climate.
2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as,
   temperate language.
         She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak.
         That sober freedom out of which there springs Our
         loyal passion for our temperate kings. --Tennyson.
3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or
   passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
         Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
                                               --Franklin.
4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
         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.