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   tem·po·rize

   /ˈtempəˌrīz/

   verb

   • 1. avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time: "the opportunity was missed because the mayor still temporized"
   • 2. temporarily adopt a particular course in order to conform to the circumstances: "their unwillingness to temporize had driven their country straight into conflict with France"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French temporiser ‘bide one's time’, from medieval Latin temporizare ‘to delay’, from Latin tempus, tempor- ‘time’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. temporization noun
   • 2. temporizer noun

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