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Definition
lacking extremes — especially of weather, climate, or behavior
- My blood hath been too cold and temperate,
Unapt to stir at these indignities,
And you have found me; for, accordingly,
You tread upon my patience:1.3 — Act 1 Scene 3 — The Same. A Room in the Palace (1% in)
temperate = mild (not extreme)
- This, in the name of God, I promise here: The which if I perform, and do survive, I do beseech your Majesty, may salve The long-grown wounds of my intemperance: If not, the end of life cancels all bands; And I will die a hundred thousand deaths Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow.3.2 — Act 3 Scene 2 — London. A Room in the Palace (86% in)
There are no more uses of "temperate" in Henry IV, Part 1.
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