moderator (moderator)

[= F. modéra teur = Sp. Pg. mode rad or = It. moder a tore, As by the former figure we vse to enforce our sence, so by another we temper our sence with wordes of such moderation as in appear a unce it abateth it but not in deede, and Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 153. Angling was, after tedious study, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of pa ions, and procurer of conI. Walton , Complete Angler. at or. person's temper or opinions, whereas temperate similarly is by the figure Liptote, which therefore I call the Moder- used generally refers to a person's habits in respect to bodily indulgence: a moderate man is one who is not ex- treme in his views or violent in his sentiments; a tem- perate man, one who is not addicted to over-indulgence either in eating or in drinking. II. n. One who is moderate in opinion or action; one who is opposed to extreme views or courses, especially in politics or religion. (a) One of a political party in Spain: same as Moder a do . (b) In French hist . , in the revolutionary period, one of various parties or factions falling short of the violence of the Jacobins, as the Girondins, Dantonists, etc. (c) [ cap .] In Scottish eccles. hist ., one of a party in the national church, originating early in the eighteenth century, which, while le strict in doctrine, discipline, and practice than the rival evangelical party, insisted particularly on the maintenance of lay patronage, and opposed the claims of parishioners to have a voice in the choice of their ministers. It was the struggle against Moderatism that led to the Disruption of 1843 and the formation of the Free Church of Scotland. moderately (mod'e-rat-li), adv. In a moderate manner, or to a moderate degree, amount, or extent; not exce ively: as, water moderately warm. Therefore love moderately ; long love doth so. Shak ., R. and J., ii. 6. 14. tented ne . 2. In microscopy, a device used to diminish the intensity or vary the character of the light which illuminates the object: it consists commonly of a screen of opal gla , ground gla , or gla of a pale-blue or neutral tint.-31. An umpire; a judge. Sol is appointed moderator in this our con trover sie. Greene, Plane to machi a. The magistrates declared to them (when they refused to forbear speech unseasonably, though the moderators desired them) that, if they would not forbear, it would prove a civil disturbance. Winthrop , Hist. New England, 1. 285. 4. The person who presides at a meeting or disputation: now used chiefly in churches of the Presbyterian and Congregational order (as, the moderator of a presbytery or of the General A embly), and in town-meetings in the United States.-5. In the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, one of the public officers appointed to superintend the examinations for honors and degrees: so called because they formerly had to moderate or preside in the exercises of who lived in time past. There are moderns who, with a slight variation, adopt the opinion of Plato. Boyle, On Colours. Some in ancient Books delight, Others prefer what Moderns write. undergraduates for the degree of bachelor of tinct i on from one of the ancients, or from one arts.-6. A moderator-lamp. moderator-lamp (mod'e-ra-tor-lamp), n. form of lamp in which the oil is forced through a tube up toward the wick by a piston pre ing on its surface, to which a downward impulse is com- municated by means of a spiral spring situated between it and the top of the barrel or body of the lamp. The pa age of the oil up the tube is so reg ulated or moderated by an ingenious internal arrangement of the tube that its flow is uniform, hence the name. moderatorship (mod'e-ra-tor-ship), n. [ -ship .] The office of moderator. moder a tre (mod'e-ra-tres), n. [F. modéra- trice = It. moder at rice , moderatrix , fem. of moderator : see moderator .] Same as moder a- trix. Fuller, Ch. Hist., II. ii. 90. moderatrix (mod'e-rā-triks), n. [ mode- ratrix , fem. of moderator : see moderator. Cf. moder a tre .] 1. A woman who moderates or governs: used sometimes figuratively. Wisdom (from aboue) Is th' only Moderatrix , spring, and guide, Organ and honour of all Gifts beside. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Magnificence. 21. A female umpire or judge. I'll sit as moderatrix , if they pre you With over-hard conditions. It would be impertinent in a modern to pretend to say which formed the complete actor. Better ton did not po e all those graces and qualities Life of Quin (reprint 1887), p. 12. 2. One who adopts new views and opinions. moderner (mod'ér-nėr), п. One who adopts modern styles of thought, expre ion, manners, etc. Report (which our modern ers clepe flundring Fame) puts mee in memorye of a notable jest I heard long agoe. Nashe , Pierce Penile e (1592). modernisation, modernise, etc. See modern- ization , etc. modernism (mod'ér-nizm), n. [= Sp. Pg. mo- dernismo ; as modern + -ism .] 1. A deviation from ancient manner or practice; something recently made or introduced; especially, a modern phrase, idiom, or mode of expre ion. Scribblers send us over their trash in prose and verse, with abominable cur tailings and quaint modernisms. Swift . 2. Acting with decorum or delicacy; restrained by chaste or scrupulous feelings; pure in thought and conduct. And, that augmented all her other prayse, She modest was in all her deedes and words. Spenser , F. Q., IV. ii. 35. Mistre Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife. Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 2. 136. IMG:content-0812.png:[blocks in formation] from a modern point of view. [Rare.] The intense modernism of Mr. Froude's mind. IMG:content-0813.png:[blocks in formation] 2. One who admires or prefers that which is modern; especially, an advocate of modern learning, or of the study of modern languages, in preference to the ancient. The modernist of to-day demands the abolition of Greek as a required study in a liberal course. Now that the poems [Chatter ton's] have been so much examined, nobody (that has an ear) can get over the mo- dernity of the modulations. Walpole , Letters, IV. 297 (1782). ( Davies .) He is a pupil of Boulanger and Lefebvre, and thorough- ly French in the modernity and quality of his vision. Harper's Mag ., LXXIX. 510. 2. Something that is modern. But here is a modernity which beats all antiquities for Walpole, Letters, I. 313 (1753). ( Davies .) Encyc . Brit ., II. 342, modernization (moder-ni-za's hon), n. [ -ation .] The act of modernizing, or the state of being modernized. Also spelled modernisation . modernize (mod'ér-niz), v. t.; pret. and pp. modernized , ppr. modernizing . [F. moderniser = Sp. modern izar = Pg. modern i sar ; as modern + -ize .] To give a modern character or appear- ance to; adapt to modern persons, times, or uses; cause to conform to modern ideas or style: as, to modernize the language of an old writer. Also spelled modernise . 2. Not antiquated or obsolete; in harmony with the ideas and habits of the present: as, modern fashions; modern views of life.-31. Common; trite; general; familiar; trivial. Full of wise saws and modern instances. Shak ., As you Like it, ii. 7. 156. Betray themselves to every modern censure, worse than drunkards. Shak., As you Like it, iv. 1. 7. Alas! that were no modern consequence. From the stiff and antiquated phraseology which he adopted, I have thought it nece ary to modernize it a little. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 209. modernizer (mod'ér-ni-zér), n. One who mod- ernizes or renders modern. Also spelled mod- erniser . Wake field, Memoirs, p. 75. modernlyt (mod'ėrn-li), adv . [ modern + -ly2 .] In modern times. Thir [the Romans'] Leader, as some modernly write, was Gallio of Ravenna. Milton, Hist. Eng., iii. modernne (mod'érn-nes), n . The quality or character of being modern; conformity to mod- ern ideas or ways; recentne . The modernne of all good books seems to give me an existence as wide as man. Emerson, Nominalist and Realist. The more we know of ancient literature the more we are struck with its modernne . Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 178. It. modes to , modest us , moderate, keeping measure, discreet, modest, modes- , a stem ap- pearing as moder- in moder are , moderate, mo- dus , measure: see model , moderate.] 1. Retir- I have in the relation of my wrongs Been modest , and no word my tongue deliver'd To expre my insupportable injuries But gave my heart a wound. modestle t (mod'est-les), a. [Irreg. modest +-le .] Without modesty. Alas! how faithle and how modest le Are you, that, in your Ephemerides, Mark th' yeer, the month, and day, which euermore Gainst years, months, dayes shall dam vp Saturnes dore! Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 1. modestly (mod'est-li), adv . In a modest man- ner; with due reserve, propriety, or decorum; unobtrusively; delicately; moderately: as, to speak modestly of one's achievements; to be- have, dre , or live modestly .