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temporized


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  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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