ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Temperative

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Temperative is an adjective meaning Having the power to temper something.

Meaning

Having the power to temper something.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include temperable, temperant, tempered, attemperate, attempered, moderative.

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