different between clement vs temperate
clement
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin cl?m?ns.
Adjective
clement (comparative more clement, superlative most clement)
- Lenient or merciful; charitable.
- a 1891, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, published 1924, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]
- Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous.
- a 1891, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, published 1924, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]
- Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
- 1984, Edna O'Brien, "The Bachelor" in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, p. 66,
- The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.
- 1992, A. B. Yehoshua, Mr. Mani, translated by Hillel Halkin, New York: Doubleday, pp. 314-5,
- The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.
- 1984, Edna O'Brien, "The Bachelor" in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, p. 66,
Antonyms
- inclement
Related terms
- clemency
Translations
References
Romanian
Etymology
From French clément, from Latin clemens.
Adjective
clement m or n (feminine singular clement?, masculine plural clemen?i, feminine and neuter plural clemente)
- clement
Declension
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temperate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin temperatus, past participle of temperare (“moderate, forbear, combine properly”). See temper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?mp???t/
- Hyphenation: temp?pe?rate
Adjective
temperate (comparative more temperate, superlative most temperate)
- Moderate; not excessive
- That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
- Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
- August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages
- Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
- August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages
- Proceeding from temperance.
- Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.
Synonyms
- (moderate): See also Thesaurus:moderate
- (moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions): See also Thesaurus:temperate and Thesaurus:sober
Derived terms
- (geology) temperate zone, 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.
Related terms
- temper
- temperature
Translations
Verb
temperate (third-person singular simple present temperates, present participle temperating, simple past and past participle temperated)
- (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate
- Synonyms: soften, temper
Translations
References
- temperate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- petameter, petametre
Italian
Verb
temperate
- second-person plural present indicative of temperare
- second-person plural imperative of temperare
- feminine plural of temperato
Latin
Verb
temper?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of temper?
References
- temperate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- temperate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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