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Definition of intemperate

Intemperate
Intemperate In*tem`per*ate, v. t. To disorder. [Obs.]
Intemperate
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.

Meaning of intemperate from wikipedia

- the Vicious and Intemperate, also known as The Destroying Angel and Daemons Inflicting Divine Vengeance on the Wicked and Intemperate and as The Destruction...
- "Remorse for Intemperate Speech" is a poem written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats. It appeared in his 1933 volume of poems The Winding Stair and Other...
- horns and a long shaggy coat. It is a hardy breed, able to withstand the intemperate conditions in the region. The first herd-book dates from 1885; two types...
- their desires are proper ones. Aristotle suggested this analogy: An intemperate person is like a city with bad laws; a person who lacks self control...
- Naga guarding the Viang Chan, Laos, Temple of Wat Si Saket, itself a survivor of an intemperate war in 1827...
- original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2009. "Review of "The Intemperate Engineer" by Adrian Vaughan". Will Robinson. Archived from the original...
- 1993 p. 311: Quoted in full here by Yagoda. “These attacks, though intemperate, are to some extent justified by the late Rogers films…” And p. 384:...
- fishermen of the king have desisted from hunting. And if some (were) intemperate, they have ceased from their intemperance as was in their power; and...
- Sita's long captivity under Ravana. During Rama's period of rule, an intemperate washerman, while berating his wayward wife, declared that he was "no...
- ceremonies for the German relief force, in a speech included an impromptu but intemperate reference to the Hun invaders of continental Europe, which would later...