Definition of Temporizing

1. Verb. (present participle of temporize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Temporizing

1. temporize [v] - See also: temporize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporizing

temporins
temporise
temporised
temporiser
temporises
temporising
temporist
temporists
temporization
temporizations
temporize
temporized
temporizer
temporizers
temporizes
temporizing (current term)
temporizingly
temporo-
temporo-occipital
temporoauricular
temporofacial
temporofrontal tract
temporohyoid
temporomalar
temporomandibular
temporomandibular arthrosis
temporomandibular articular disk
temporomandibular articulation
temporomandibular joint
temporomandibular joint disease

Literary usage of Temporizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations. Drawn from by George Crabb (1851)
"... as occasion requires ; ' Feeble and temporizing measures will ... and temporizing are both applied to ..."

2. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1910)
"... session of the Senate having already been convened for the 4th of March to act upon the high appointments, the new President showed signs of temporizing ..."

3. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Prussia—her temporizing Policy—She takes alarm—An attempt made by her to form a Confederacy in opposition to that of the Rhine, is defeated by the ..."

4. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Reasonings on the Stability of Peace, had Peace been obtained.— Prussia — her temporizing Policy-— She takes alarm— An attempt made by ..."

5. Proceedings by North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (1906)
"The plan of many a fond mother to conquer the wayward boy by kindness and entreaties or appeals to high motives and the temporizing and compromising ways of ..."

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