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† temperant, a. (n.) Obs.
Also 5 -aunt(e.
[ad. L. temperānt-em, pr. pple. of temperāre to observe moderation: see temper v. So F. tempérant (16th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
1. Of persons: Observing temperance or moderation; sober, temperate.
1382Wyclif 1 Tim. iii. 3 Not ȝouun moche to wyn, not smyter, but temperaunt [v.r. and 1388 temperat]. 1382― Tit. iii. 2 Amoneste hem..for to be not litygious but temperaunt [gloss or pacient; v.r. and 1388 temperat] schewinge al myldenesse to alle men. a1400Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xxxix, Sleeth lustes of glotenye & makyth the soule sobre & temperaunte. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 235 If the body be not temperant, hardly wil the soule be; and if the soule be intemperate, the body desireth not to be temperant.
2. Of climate: Temperate, mild, equable.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. i. 121 Northwarde in places hote, in places colde Southwarde, and temporaunt in Est and West.
B. n. (pl.) Medicines that correct sharp humours; palliatives: = med.L. temperantia.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 418 The catarrhe, cough, and difficulty of respiration..are..cured by temperants and impedients. |