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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intemperate \In*tem`per*ate\, v. t. To disorder. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intemperate \In*tem`per*ate\, a. [L. intemperatus See {In-} not and {Temperate}.] 1. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion. 2. Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors. 3. Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather. Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst. --Milton. Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing. --Ecclus. xxiii. 13. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intemperate adj 1: (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones" [ant: {temperate}] 2: excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" [ant: {temperate}] 3: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
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