Definitions For Temperative

Adjective

Having the power to temper something. : {{quote-book, en, year=1621, first=Thomas, last=Granger, title=A familiar exposition or commentarie on Ecclesiastes wherein the worlds vanity, and the true felicitie are plainely deciphered, chapter=1, page=15, passage=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.}}

Etymology

Compare {{cog, la, temperativus, , soothing}}.