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Definition of Temporizing
1. temporize [v] - See also: temporize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporizing
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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