temporize
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Clipping of temperate + -ize.
[edit] Verb
temporize (third-person singular simple present temporizes, present participle temporizing, simple past and past participle temporized)
- 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.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion
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