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temporized |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Temporize \Tem"po*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Temporized}; p. pr & vb n. {Temporizing}.] [F. temporiser. See {Temporal} of time.] 1. 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. They might their grievance inwardly complain, But outwardly they needs must temporize. --Daniel. 2. To delay; to procrastinate. [R.] --Bacon. 3. To comply; to agree. [Obs.] --Shak.
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