temporize

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Clipping of temperate + -ize.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to temporize

Third person singular
temporizes

Simple past
temporized

Past participle
temporized

Present participle
temporizing

to temporize (third-person singular simple present temporizes, present participle temporizing, simple past and past participle temporized)

  1. To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes in order to reach a compromise or simply to make a conversation more temperate.

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