Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing
quality of warm water. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting
or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a
debate.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
moderating \moderating\ adj.
lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of
{intensifying}. [Narrower terms: {tempering}; {weakening}]
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moderating
adj 1: lessening in intensity or strength [ant: {intensifying}]
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