moderatedadj.
/ˈmɒdəreɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmɑdəˌreɪdᵻd/ 1. † a. Restricted and limited to a reasonable extent; suitably controlled. Also as the second element in compounds, as well-moderated. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective]
well-governed?a1425
well-behaved1577
well-demeaned1586
well-moderated1603
morate1652
well-conducted1772
good-behaved1822
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective] > reasonably
moderated1603
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > reasonably
moderated1603
1603 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 93 In the just praise of your so well moderated regiment.
1631 E. Reynolds Three Treat. 451 Whatsoever Hee [sc. Christ] really in His humane nature suffered for sinne, wee are in moderated Iustice reputed to have suffered with Him.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. App. 14 Theopompus left it [sc. the kingly power] more moderated to his successours.
1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 178 Abounding in rich, stout, grave, and well moderated Citizens.
1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. xiv. 382 Moderated Monarchies and well-framed Governments.
1790 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments (ed. 6) I. iii. iii. 372 In the irreparable misfortunes occasioned by the death of children..even a wise man may for some time indulge himself in some degree of moderated sorrow.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 275 If the present project of a republic should fail, all securities to a moderated freedom fail along with it. View more context for this quotation
b. Computing. Of a newsgroup or other electronic forum: having a moderator. Cf. moderator n. 5d.
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1981 Moderated Newsgroups in net.general (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Dec. To submit an article to a ‘moderated’ newsgroup just send it to the newsgroup.
1991 E. S. Raymond New Hacker's Dict. 259 Some moderated groups (especially those which are actually gatewayed Internet mailing lists) are distributed as digests.
2000 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. g8/4 The grant from the San Francisco health department also includes money for 10 Stop AIDS moderated chat sessions, called cyberforums.
2. Reduced to a moderate amount or degree; made moderate.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > become or made less violent or severe
temperate1398
alleviate1531
mitigated1546
mollified1581
swageda1603
well-tempered1602
castigate1642
tempered1654
slackened1725
castigated1728
temperated1737
subsided1753
moderated1773
chastised1790
softened1794
mildeneda1802
modulateda1806
relaxed1825
chastened1844
the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > reduced to a moderate amount or degree
moderated1773
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > toned-down
qualified1746
moderated1773
modified1837
watered-down1840
toned-down1974
1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. ii. xi. 93 An Esquire,..is a gentleman of an easy submissive temper, of moderated appetites, and patient of injuries.
1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. I. 86 [He] grudgingly bestows a moderated praise on this exquisite satire.
1857 S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life S. Wilberforce (1881) II. x. 345 Lord Aberdeen thinks that anything but a carefully moderated course..will come in too strong contrast with your past silence.
1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 45 Those who possess a moderated but steadfast confidence in the beneficent tendencies of the laws of the world.
1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. Sept. (1995) 225 This is a fair sample—moderated or watered archaism.
1993 N.Y. Times 26 Oct. a21/2 The news industry is as tetchy about the First Amendment as the gun lobby is about the Second. Both resist the mildest appeal for moderated zeal.
3. Nuclear Physics. Of a nuclear reactor: provided with a moderator. Of a neutron: slowed by a moderator. Also as the second element in compounds, as graphite-moderated.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear fuel > [adjective] > involving a moderator
moderated1945
1945 H. D. Smyth Gen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes 79 In a typical graphite-moderated pile a neutron that has escaped from the uranium into the graphite travels on the average about 2·5 cm between collisions.
1950 F. Gaynor Encycl. Atomic Energy 114 In a moderated reactor there remain more free neutrons to sustain and propagate the fission chain reaction of U235.
1962 Newnes Conc. Encycl. Nucl. Energy 244/2 Most of the fissions [in a thermal reactor] are produced by these moderated neutrons.
1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Feb. 12/4 A graphite-moderated reactor..would require much more uranium than they could obtain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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