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MODERANCE n.
Moderation. [Obs.] Caxton.
MODERATE a. 13 definitions
Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
MODERATELY adv.
In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent. Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller.
MODERATENESS n.
The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.
MODERATION n. 4 definitions
The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.
MODERATISM n.
Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion.
MODERATO a.
With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately. Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro. -- Andante moderato, a little faster than andante.
MODERATOR n. 4 definitions
One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies. Sir W. Raleigh. Angling was ... a moderator of passions. Walton.
MODERATORSHIP n.
The office of a moderator.
MODERATRESS n.
A female moderator. Fuller.
MODERATRIX n.
A female moderator.
MODERN a. 3 definitions
, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. Bacon.
MODERNISM n.
Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.
MODERNIST n.
One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.
MODERNITY n.
Modernness; something modern. Walpole.
MODERNIZATION n.
The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.
MODERNIZE v.
To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy.
MODERNIZER n.
One who modernizes.
MODERNLY adv.
In modern times. Milton.
MODERNNESS n.
The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. M. Arnold.
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