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   Moderate (?), 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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   Moderate, 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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   Moderate (?), 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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   Moderate, 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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