(a) Of a person: restrained in conduct; of a person's behavior: temperate, moderate; (b) of sleep, diet: moderate; of a bath: of moderate warmth; of the quality of heat in food, drink, or a bodily organ: intermediate between hot and cold; (c) of a planet: moderate in its influence; (d) med. & physiol. of a medicine, urine, etc.: having the qualities properly balanced; of the qualities: in balance; most ~, of colre citrine: ?having the qualities more in balance than other unnatural colres; (e) of a region, place: having a mild climate, moderate in temperature; of wind: mild; of the sun: warm; (f) ?as adv.: moderately.