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moderating |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. --Arbuthnot. To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. --Spenser. 2. To preside over direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as to moderate a synod. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: moderating adj : lessening in intensity or strength [ant: {intensifying}]
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