Moderate




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Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moderated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Moderating.]

1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a
state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within
bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to
repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage,
action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.
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By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing
quality of warm water. --Arbuthnot.
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To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
--Spenser.
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2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting
or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a
debate.
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Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, a. [L. moderatus, p. p. of moderate,
moderati, to moderate, regulate, control, fr. modus measure.
See Mode.]
Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not
excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited;
restrained; as:
(a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as,
moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
(b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement;
reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate
endeavors.
(c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like;
as, a moderate Calvinist; a moderate Republican.
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A number of moderate members managed . . . to
obtain a majority in a thin house. --Swift.
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(d) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a
moderate winter. "Moderate showers." --Walter.
(e) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at
moderate speed.
(f) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle,
or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength;
a man of moderate abilities.
(g) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a
moderate kind. --Hooker.
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Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, v. i.

1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as,
the wind has moderated.
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2. To preside as a moderator.
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Dr. Barlow [was] engaged . . . to moderate for him
in the divinity disputation. --Bp. Barlow's
Remains
(1693).
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Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century,
and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of
church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
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moderate
adj 1: being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive
or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a
moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate
estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a
kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate
enlargement of the heart" [ant: immoderate]

2: not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response
to criticism" [syn: moderate, temperate]

3: marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in
his demands"; "restrained in his response" [syn: moderate,
restrained]
n 1: a person who takes a position in the political center [syn:
centrist, middle of the roader, moderate,
moderationist]
v 1: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn:
moderate, chair, lead]

2: make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed"

3: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or
keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold
your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn:
control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb,
moderate]

4: make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the
students burst out in tears" [syn: mince, soften,
moderate]

5: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that
aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his
potentially offensive statements" [syn: tone down,
moderate, tame]

6: restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper]
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moderate [mɔdərət]
angemessen; gemäßigt; mittelmäßig; mäßig

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moderate [mɔdərət]
abordable; modéré; raisonable
ralentir; retenir

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moderate

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moderate [mɔdərət]
bescheiden; matig; gematigd; schappelijk; sober
matigen; opvangen; temperen

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moderate [mɔdərət]
brando, comedido, moderado
abrandar, moderar, temperar

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moderate

gemäßigt; angemessen; mäßig; maßvoll adj
moderate

mäßigen
moderate

mäßig; gemäßigt adj
moderate

mildern; abmildern
moderate

mittelmäßig adj
moderate

moderieren
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372 Moby Thesaurus words for "moderate":
K, Laodicean, abate, acceptable, accepting, act between, adequate,
adjust to, admissible, all right, allay, alleviate, alter, ambling,
apathetic, arbitrate, arrest, assuage, attemper, average,
backpedal, backwater, balanced, banal, bank the fire, bargain,
better than nothing, betwixt and between, bland, blunt, bound,
box in, brake, budget, calm, cautious, center, central, centrist,
chair, chasten, cheap, check, circumscribe, circumspect,
claudicant, clement, clip the wings, common, compassionate,
compromiser, condition, confine, conservative, constant, constrain,
contain, control, controlled, cool, coordinate, copyright,
crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, curb, cushion, damp,
dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, decelerate, decent, decrease, defuse,
delay, deliberate, detain, diminish, direct, discipline, discreet,
downplay, draw rein, draw the line, dull, ease, ease off, ease up,
easy, easygoing, ebb, economic, economy, equable, even, extenuate,
fair, fair to middling, fairish, fall, faltering, fifty-fifty,
flagging, foot-dragging, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, frugal,
gentle, go between, good enough, goodish, gradual, grave,
half-and-half, halting, hedge, hedge about, hobbled, hobbling,
hold back, hold in check, hold up, humane, idle, impartial, impede,
inconsequential, inconsiderable, independent, indifferent,
indolent, inexpensive, insipid, intercede, intermediary,
intermediate, interpose, intervene, judge, judicious, keep back,
keep within bounds, lackluster, languid, languorous, lax, lay,
lazy, leaven, leisurely, lenient, lenify, lessen, let down, let up,
let up on, lighten, limit, limping, lose ground, lose momentum,
lose speed, low, low-priced, lumbering, make terms, manage,
manageable, mean, measured, medial, median, mediate, mediocre,
medium, meet halfway, merciful, middle, middle-of-the-road,
middle-of-the-roader, middling, midway, mild, mild as milk,
mitigate, moderantist, moderationist, moderatist, modest, modify,
modulate, mollify, namby-pamby, narrow, negotiate, neuter, neutral,
nominal, nonaligned, noncommitted, nonpartisan, nonviolent, normal,
not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not so bad, obstruct, obtund,
of a kind, of a sort, of sorts, okay, on the fence, ordinary,
pacifistic, palliate, paltry, passable, passive, patent, patient,
peaceable, peaceful, piddling, play down, poking, poky,
presentable, preside over, pretty good, prudent, qualify, rational,
reasonable, reduce, reduce the temperature, reef, referee,
register, regulate, regulate by, rein in, relax, relaxed, relent,
relieve, reluctant, remit, represent, respectable, restrain,
restrained, restrict, retard, routine, run, satisfactory,
sauntering, scant, season, sedate, sensible, serious, set back,
set conditions, set limits, shabby, shoddy, shuffling, slack,
slack off, slack up, slacken, slight, slothful, slow,
slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow down, slow up,
slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving,
slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped,
sluggish, small, smother, snail-paced, snaillike, so-so, sober,
sober down, sober-minded, sobersided, soft, soft-shell, soften,
solemn, soothe, sparing, specialize, staggering, staid, standard,
stay, steady, step in, stifle, stint, stinting, straiten,
strolling, subdue, subside, sufficient, supervise, suppress,
take in sail, tame, tedious, temper, temperate, tender, tentative,
third-force, third-world, throttle down, tidy, toddling, token,
tolerable, tolerant, tone down, tortoiselike, tottering,
treat with, trifling, trivial, trudging, tune down, turtlelike,
umpire, uncommitted, underplay, unexceptionable, unexceptional,
unexcessive, unexpensive, unextreme, unhurried, unimpassioned,
uninvolved, unobjectionable, usual, vapid, waddling, wane, weaken,
wishy-washy, within means, workmanlike, worth the money



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