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Temporize
/ˈtɛmpəɹaɪz/
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; to stall for time.
📖 Definitions of "Temporize"
verb
- 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; to stall for time.
- 2
To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.
- 3
To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
- 4
To delay; to procrastinate.
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