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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
moderate
    adj 1: being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive
           or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a
           moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate
           estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a
           kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate
           enlargement of the heart" [ant: immoderate]
    2: not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response
       to criticism" [syn: moderate, temperate]
    3: marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in
       his demands"; "restrained in his response" [syn: moderate,
       restrained]
    n 1: a person who takes a position in the political center [syn:
         centrist, middle of the roader, moderate,
         moderationist]
    v 1: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn:
         moderate, chair, lead]
    2: make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed"
    3: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or
       keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold
       your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn:
       control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb,
       moderate]
    4: make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the
       students burst out in tears" [syn: mince, soften,
       moderate]
    5: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that
       aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his
       potentially offensive statements" [syn: tone down,
       moderate, tame]
    6: restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, v. i.
   1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as,
      the wind has moderated.
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   2. To preside as a moderator.
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            Dr. Barlow [was] engaged . . . to moderate for him
            in the divinity disputation.          --Bp. Barlow's
                                                  Remains
                                                  (1693).
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, n. (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.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moderated; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Moderating.]
   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.
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            By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing
            quality of warm water.                --Arbuthnot.
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            To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting
      or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a
      debate.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, a. [L. moderatus, p. p. of moderate,
   moderati, to moderate, regulate, control, fr. modus measure.
   See Mode.]
   Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not
   excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited;
   restrained; as:
   (a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as,
       moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
   (b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement;
       reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate
       endeavors.
   (c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like;
       as, a moderate Calvinist; a moderate Republican.
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             A number of moderate members managed . . . to
             obtain a majority in a thin house.   --Swift.
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   (d) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a
       moderate winter. "Moderate showers." --Walter.
   (e) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at
       moderate speed.
   (f) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle,
       or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength;
       a man of moderate abilities.
   (g) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a
       moderate kind. --Hooker.
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