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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1572
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Temperant, adj. [ME and e.m.E. temperaunt (Wyclif), temperant (1594), F. tempérant, L. temperānt- pres. ppl. stem of temperāre. Cf. Temperat(e adj.] Moderate. —1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 53.
He was … in frank geving, liberal: in use of plesures temperant