Moderate
Definition of Moderate
Mod´er`ate | a. | 1. | Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained | | 2. | Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter. | | n. | 1. | (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. | | v. t. | 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. | | 2. | To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate. | | v. i. | 1. | To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated. | | 2. | To preside as a moderator. |
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