Definitions | temporize |
| verb (temporizes, temporizing, 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.
Etymology: Clipping of temperate + -ize.
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