temporize
Verb
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Verb
temporize (temporizes, present participle temporizing; past and past participle temporized)
- 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; to stall for time.
- (dentistry) To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.
- 1997, Fred M. Henretig, Christopher King, Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures (page 731)
- Application of a protective covering as described in this chapter is a temporizing procedure performed before eventual aesthetic restoration of the tooth as an outpatient.
- 2005, Dental Economics (volume 95, issues 1-6, page 66)
- This is especially true when we're faced with temporizing a patient who will ultimately receive veneer restorations.
- 1997, Fred M. Henretig, Christopher King, Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures (page 731)
- (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.
- They might their grievance inwardly complain, But outwardly they needs must temporize.
- (obsolete) To delay; to procrastinate.
- 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: Printed by W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628 ↗:
- The earl of Lincoln deceived of the country's concourse, in which case he would have temporized, resolved to give the king battle.
- 1598-99, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act I, Scene I.
- If Cupid hath not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly. —I look for an earthquake too then. —Well, you will temporize with the hours.
- (obsolete) To comply; to agree.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, King John (play), Act V, Scene II
- The dauphin is too wilful opposite, And will not temporize with my entreaties: He flatly says, he'll not lay down his arms.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, King John (play), Act V, Scene II
- French: temporiser, tergiverser
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