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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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   moderated adj. having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially, made less severe.  Contrasted with harsh.
   
   Syn. -- qualified, tempered.
   
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