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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not
excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained |
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Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as,
moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table. |
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Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement;
reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors. |
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Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like;
as, a moderate Calvinist. |
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Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a
moderate winter. |
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Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at
moderate speed. |
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Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle,
or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of
moderate abilities. |
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Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a
moderate kind. |
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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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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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To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public
meeting; as, to moderate a synod. |
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To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense;
as, the wind has moderated. |
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To preside as a moderator. |