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Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

t plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil. Tempering color, the shade…

Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.] The terrible coldness of the season. Clarendon.

of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.

Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. "Tinsel trappings." Milton.

To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess. Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice. Dryden.

One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.

Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much. His will, too strong to bend, too proud to learn. Cowley.

To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess. If you tope in form, and treat. Dryden.

One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.

To labor excessively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.

e, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.

Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.

thority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

ow a certain predetermined value, used to protect certain types of motors from running at excessive speed upon decrease of load.

Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law. Undue influence (Law), any improper or wrongful constraint, machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will is overcome and he is indu…

Excessively rude. [Obs. & R.] "See how the unrude rascal backbites him." B. Jonson.

Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.

Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. "Uxorious magistrates." Milton. How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to thy will In perfect thraldom! Milton. -- Uxo*o"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Ux*o"ri*ous*ness, n.