different between temperate vs cranesbill

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)

1. Moderate; not excessive
   • That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.

2. 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.
3. Proceeding from temperance.
4. 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)

1. (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

1. second-person plural present indicative of temperare
2. second-person plural imperative of temperare
3. feminine plural of temperato

Latin

Verb

temper?te

1. 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

English

Pronunciation

Etymology

crane +? -s- +? bill. The flowering plant is so called because of the lengthened appendage of the seed-vessel.

Noun

cranesbill (plural cranesbills)

1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
2. A pair of long-beaked forceps.

Usage notes

• Geranium is the common name for members of the Pelargonium genus.

Translations

Anagrams

• brain cells, braincells