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temporize
verb
(tem-po-rize)
draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
Synonyms:
temporise
,
Examples:
The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote.
Words Related to
temporize
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prevaricate
,
equivocate
,
dissimulate
,
dissemble
,
acquiesce
,
reprove
,
conciliate
,
grovel
,
confabulate
,
pussyfoot
,
demur
,
capitulate
,
unbudging
,
aggrandise
,
discomfit
,
extenuate
,
misgovern
,
misconceive
,
outwait
,
castigate
,
abjuring
,
temporizingly
,
constitutionalize
,
warmongering
,
moralize
,
balkanise
,
accede
,
enfeeble
,
brazening
,
sermonise
,
coopt
,
confront
,
speechify
,
condescend
,
tyrannise
,
misruling
,
cavil
,
relativize
,
bureaucratize
,
chasten
,
resiling
,
disunite
,
betray
,
dissatisfy
,
foreswear
,
misspeaks
,
reproaches
,
supplicate
,
tyrannize
,
ossify
,
pretend
,
counterpose
,
inhere
,
upbraid
,
truckling
,
naysay
,
mythologise
,
peradventure
,
psychoanalyze
,
lionise
,
chickenshit
,
expatiate
,
sentimentalise
,
abdicate
,
toadying
,
reifying
,
mollifies
,
premising
,
forgive
,
bestirred
,
kowtowing
,
europeanize
,
spited
,
radicalizes
,
embolden
,
quailing
,
scorning
,
ostracise
,
overpraise
,
moralise
,
inculpate
,
arrogates
,
loth
,
genuflect
,
importune
,
misadvised
,
gutlessness
,
coarsen
,
excoriate
,
prate
,
impends
,
legitimating
,
temporise
,
hem and haw
,
relent
,
hesitate
,
procrastinate
,
dawdle
,
pusillanimousness
,
half measure
,
temporize
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