Google
 

AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

  
Definitions
temporize Twit Definition of temporize Share Definition of temporize on Facebook Digg:Definition of temporize! stumble Definition of temporize Bookmark Definition of temporize on Delicious submit Definition of temporize to reddit Bookmark Definition of temporize
verb (temporizes, temporizing, temporized)
  1. 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.
Etymology: Clipping of temperate + -ize.

     Source Definition of temporizeFull Definition of temporize
  

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Google
 

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  

   
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2010 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.