Defn: To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.]
It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.
TEMPERATELY
Tem"per*ate*ly, adv.
Defn: In a temperate manner.
TEMPERATENESS
Tem"per*ate*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
TEMPERATIVE
Tem"per*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. L. temperativus soothing.]
Defn: Having power to temper. [R.] T. Granger.
TEMPERATURE Tem"per*a*ture, n. Etym: [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. I. Watts.
2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.] In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth, Most goodly temperature you may descry. Spenser.