MODERATE
verb
Definitions
- 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. By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. Arbuthnot. To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. Spenser.
- 2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod.
Other Definitions
This word also has 2 other definitions:
MODERATE
(adjective)
1. Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as:
2. Limited in quantity...
MODERATE
(noun)
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 discipli...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
