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.
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In*tem`per*ate (?), v. t.
To disorder.
[Obs.]
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