temperative

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adjective

Having the power to temper (control or restrict) something.

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Meanings

adjectivetemperative (comparative more temperative, superlative most temperative)

comparative more temperative · superlative most temperative

  1. Having the power to temper (control or restrict) something.

    Living creatures also are not only fed by the root of the stomach, but by the air drawn in and sent forth by the breath, which is temperative of the heart's heat, nutritive of the animal and vital spirits, and purgative of unnatural vapours.

    1621, Thomas Granger, chapter 1, in A familiar exposition or commentarie on Ecclesiastes wherein the worlds vanity, and the true felicitie are plainely deciphered, page 15
nountemperative (plural temperatives)

plural temperatives

    Origin

    Compare Latin temperativus (“soothing”).

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    APA

    temperative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temperative

    MLA

    “temperative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temperative. Accessed November 4, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “temperative,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temperative.

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