Temperate

a. [Lat. temperatus, p. p. of temperare; It. temperato, Sp. temperado, templado, Pr. temprat, Fr. tempéré. See TEMPER.]

1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate; temperate air.
2. Moderate in the indulgence of the appetites and passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking; temperate in pleasures; temperate in speech.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Franklin. 3. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, a temperate discourse or address; 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. 4. Proceeding from temperance; as, temperate sleep. [Rare.] Pope. Temperate zone (Geog.), the space on the earth between the tropics and the polar circles, where the heat is less than in the tropics, and the cold less than in the polar circles. Syn.—Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.