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Search phrase: moderate

Plays

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW I.i.53	Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead,	Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead,
Hamlet	Ham I.ii.238	While one with moderate haste might tell a hundred.	While one with moderate hast might tell a hun-(dred.
The Merchant of Venice	MV III.ii.111	O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy,	O loue be moderate, allay thy extasie,
Timon of Athens	Tim III.iv.116.1	A moderate table.	a moderate Table.
Troilus and Cressida	TC IV.iv.1	Be moderate, be moderate.	Be moderate, be moderate.
Troilus and Cressida	TC IV.iv.5	As that which causeth it. How can I moderate it?	As that which causeth it. How can I moderate it?
Twelfth Night	TN II.ii.3	Even now, sir; on a moderate pace I have since	Euen now sir, on a moderate pace, I haue since

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Glossary

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aggravate	intensify; malapropism for ‘moderate’
behove	moderate the need for, keep under control
lay	allay, reduce, moderate
mean	average, moderate, middling
meetly	quite good, moderate, reasonable
mitigate	moderate, reduce the severity of
modest	moderate, uninflated, free from exaggeration
modest	moderate, reasonable, mild, limited
qualify	moderate, weaken, diminish
reasonable	moderate, not excessive, fair-minded
rebate	subdue, moderate, make dull
season	moderate, temper, control
slake	abate, moderate, decrease
sober	moderate, reasonable, with no undue haste
temper	moderate, soften, tone down
temperate	calm, moderate, composed

Thesaurus

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moderate	lay
moderate	mean
moderate	meetly
moderate	mitigate
moderate	modest
moderate	modest
moderate	qualify
moderate	reasonable
moderate	rebate
moderate	season
moderate	slake
moderate	sober
moderate	temper
moderate	temperate
moderate the need	behove
need, moderate the	behove

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Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
IMMODERATE	BASIC	see MODERATE
MODERATE	BASIC	moderate adj, moderate v, moderately adv, moderation n
MODERATE	NOT	immoderate adj, immoderately adv

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