a. (sb.) 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.).]

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  1.  Of persons: Observing temperance or moderation; sober, temperate.

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1382.  Wyclif, 1 Tim. iii. 3. Not ȝouun moche to wyn, not smyter, but temperaunt [v.r. and 1388 temperat]. Ibid. (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.

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a. 1400.  Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), II. xxxix. Sleeth lustes of glotenye & makyth the soule sobre & temperaunte.

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1594.  T. 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.

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  2.  Of climate: Temperate, mild, equable.

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c. 1440.  Pallad. on Husb., I. 121. Northwarde in places hote, in places colde Southwarde, and temporaunt in Est and West.

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  B.  sb. (pl.) Medicines that correct sharp humours; palliatives: = med.L. temperantia.

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1661.  Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 418. The catarrhe, cough, and difficulty of respiration … are … cured by temperants and impedients.

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