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temperative

temperative adjective: having the power to temper (control or restrict) something.

Adjective

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

Forms of temperative

Adjective
comparativemore temperative
superlativemost temperative
Noun
pluraltemperatives

Origin of temperative

Compare Latin temperativus (“soothing”).

Questions about temperative

What does temperative mean?
Temperative means having the power to temper (control or restrict) something.
What part of speech is temperative?
Temperative is an adjective.

Words near temperative in the dictionary

  1. temperated
  2. temperately
  3. temperateness
  4. temperates
  5. temperating
  6. temperative
  7. temperatural
  8. temperature
  9. temperature coefficient
  10. temperature coefficients
  11. temperature gun

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