Associations to the word «Temporize»
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Wiktionary
TEMPORIZE, verb. 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.
TEMPORIZE, verb. (obsolete) 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.
TEMPORIZE, verb. (obsolete) To delay; to procrastinate.
TEMPORIZE, verb. (obsolete) To comply; to agree.
Dictionary definition
TEMPORIZE, verb. Draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.