Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, v. t.
   To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
   [Obs.]

         It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
                                                  --Marston.

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.

   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.

Source : WordNet®

temperate
     adj 1: (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or
            characteristic of such weather or climate; "a
            temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate
            plants" [ant: {intemperate}]
     2: not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a
        temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating
        and drinking" [ant: {intemperate}]
     3: not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his
        response to criticism" [syn: {moderate}]