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Temporize


TEM'PORIZE, verb intransitive [Latin tempus, time.]

1. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor or yield to the current of opinion or to circumstances; a conduct that often indicates obsequiousness.

They might their grievance inwardly complain,

But outwardly they needs must temporize

2. To delay; to procrastinate.

Well, you till temporize with the hours. [Little Used.]

3. To comply. [Not in use.]