temporize, temporise
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
• temporise
temporize (third-person singular simple present temporizes, present participle temporizing, simple 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.
(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.
(obsolete) To delay; to procrastinate.
(obsolete) To comply; to agree.
Source: Wiktionary
Tem"po*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Temporized; p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
