Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare.
See Temper, v. t.]
1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate
climate.
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2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as,
temperate language.
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She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak.
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That sober freedom out of which there springs
Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
--Tennyson.
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3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or
passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
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Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
--Franklin.
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4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
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The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
--Pope.
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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.
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Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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