moderate

1. (Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.historical

1. (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).Examples: "to moderate rage, action, desires, etc."; "By its astringent Quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm Water."; "This leaves two strategies to increase the current in a positron beam. First is to provide a stronger positron source and second is to develop a more efficient method to moderate the source positrons into a monoenergetic beam."Synonyms: accoy, mitigate, soften, temper, temperatetransitive

2. (intransitive) To become less excessive.Examples: "He used to be an extremist but moderated later in life."Synonyms: cool, settle down, softenintransitive

3. (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.Examples: "to moderate a synod"Synonyms: arbitrate, chairtransitive

4. (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.Examples: "In the comment section, the moderator was moderating."intransitive

5. (transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).Examples: "a graphite-moderated reactor"transitive