† moderv.
Obsolete.
transitive. = moderate v. (in various senses); to restrain, hold in check; to temper, mitigate; to regulate, settle; to modify.Frequent in the 15th cent.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)]
wieldeOE
redeOE
temperc1000
wisc1000
yemec1000
aweldc1175
guy13..
rule1340
attemperc1374
stightlea1375
justifya1393
governa1400
moder1414
control1495
moderate1534
rein1557
manage1560
sway1587
to bear (a rein) upon1603
bridle1615
ephorize1647
puppet1840
coact1855
boss1856
run1869
swing1873
the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)] > modify
moder1414
moderate1477
modify1759
transmodifya1774
retrofit1949
mod1958
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)]
temperc1000
keelc1175
slakea1300
abate?c1335
settle1338
swagea1340
modifyc1385
rebatea1398
bate1398
moder1414
releasea1425
remiss?a1425
moderate1435
alethe?1440
delaya1450
appal1470
addulce1477
mollify1496
mean?a1513
relent1535
qualify1536
temperatea1540
aplake1578
slack1589
relaxate1598
milden1603
mitigate1611
relax1612
alleniate1615
allay1628
alloy1634
castigate1653
smoothen1655
tendera1656
mitify1656
meeken1662
remitigate1671
obviscate1684
slacken1685
chastise1704
dulcify1744
absorb1791
demulceate1817
chasten1856
modulate1974
mediate1987
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] > make proportionate (to) > adjust the proportions of
proportionc1384
moder1414
proportioningc1450
moderate1477
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > settle, arbitrate [verb (transitive)]
redeOE
to-dealc1275
deraignc1330
determinec1380
award1393
decidec1400
decise?a1425
decernc1425
discernc1425
arbitrea1513
deema1513
moder1534
resolve1586
divide1596
arbitrate1597
fit1600
moderate1602
umpire1609
sopite1628
appointa1631
determinate1647
issue1650
settle1651
to cut the melon1911
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > settle (a dispute) > settle by arbitration
moder1534
day1580
arbitrate1597
moderate1602
umpire1611
1414 [implied in: 1414 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 141 Eny..offre..were moderyng of youre hoole title or of eny of youre claymes beyonde the see. (at modering n.)].
1429 Will in Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. (1895) 5 307 (MED) I..charge myn..executors that thay modere and abate myn saide bequests.
1430 Rolls of Parl. V. 417/1 Moderyng aleway the nombre of the Persones and Estates..and of other Officers.
1435 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 292 (MED) Þat þe said Tresorer of England have ful powere to modere and relese unto þe said marchantz half þe subsidie & custume.
1481 tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) sig. d3 v Yf every man will tempre & modre his strength..he shal have grete desyre and plesire in his strength.
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 79 That þe desires of þe herte must be examyned & moderid.
1533 T. More Apol. xxii, in Wks. 882/2 If this pacifier would moder and measure his sufficiencie by the wordes of S. Paule [etc.].
1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Cii v As we se the wynde in hys estate we moder our saylys after the same rate.
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. S.1 One referreth all to the opinyons of Socrates schole, the other modereth all after custome of men and lawe ciuyle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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