Temporize

What do we mean by temporize?

To act or speak in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision. intransitive verb

To act to suit current circumstances or necessities. intransitive verb

To say or utter in temporizing. intransitive verb

To comply with the time or occasion, or with the desires of another; yield temporarily or ostensibly to the current of opinion or circumstances.

To parley.

To dilly-dally; delay; procrastinate.

Also spelled temporise.

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. transitive verb

To delay; to procrastinate. transitive verb

To comply; to agree. transitive verb

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. verb

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. verb

To delay; to procrastinate. verb

To comply; to agree. verb

Draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time verb

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.

To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.

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.

To delay; to procrastinate.

To comply; to agree.

To act to suit the time or occasion Urban Dictionary

Relating to the everyday world as opposed to that which is spiritual or eternal. Urban Dictionary

A state in which an individual has no bearing of time whatsoever. Can be caused by long periods of drinking, heavy drinking, concussions, coma, deep sleeps, or just general obliviousness. Urban Dictionary

Theory that relates to the study of time travel. Often seen causing major paradoxes, such as the Dali Paradox, Grandfather Paradox, Pogo Paradox and the Predestination Paradox. Urban Dictionary

At a loss of time. Usually happens when either dumb, drunk, high, well-sexed, post-comatose, or cerebrally traumatized. Usually leads to negative consequences... Urban Dictionary

Noun-The psychokinetic ability to do a mind-blowing punch while time is frozen verb-To do a dynamic mind-blowing punch while time is stopped Urban Dictionary

You fucking up history. It'd be like going back in time and shooting yourself in the head, you'd die, but you wouldn't appear back in time to kill yourself, so you'd have to wait until after you said you'd do it to successfully kill yourself, right? Wrong, you still wouldn't have done it, so history resets, and if you are one retarded motherfucker, you will try it again until you stop buttfucking your grandmother in her prime back in the 1940's Urban Dictionary

The act of travelling back in time to molest oneself as a child. This activity raises several questions, is it masturbation since it is you? Is it pedophilia since it is a kid? And what's more pschologically damaging, being molested or growing up to realize it was you? Urban Dictionary

A made up medical condition to describe a person who cannot feel the passing of time. Mentioned in Freeform's "Stitchers" Urban Dictionary

1: When the very flow of time colapses upon in itself due to a temporal incursion or "Time Travel" Noteworthy people who have gone backward in time would be...Well, that guy in Timecop....Shut up. Anyhoo, don't go back in time, because you'll only crush a mosquito and destroy Berlin. For more information on time paradoxes, Play TimeSplitters: Future Perfect. or watch a ST: Voyager episodes when it goes back in time...They have it down. 2. Whatever went on with Red Foreman and that big ship in Star Trek: Voyager. Like, seriously, WTF? Temporal Shielding? And why could they live forever if they're protected from time. They'd age normally! Sorry, it's just the fact you could erase places from time looks cool, but is just not feasible. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to temporize:
temporize, temporise, memorize, extemporize, tempore, terrorize, temporalize, temporist, temporale, temporizer, temporized, temporizes, temporaire.

Words that rhyme with temporize:
arise, analyze, rise, advise, compromise, comprise, exercise, enterprise, mize, demise, otherwise, wise, recognize, realize, surmise, devise, eyes, apprise, size, apologize, patronize, despise, franchise, emphasize, surprise, disguise, reprise, revise, chastise, prize, galvanize, improvise, utilize, scrutinize, optimize, organize, likewise, guise, proselytize, merchandise, flies, prise, criticize, jeopardize, synchronize, synthesize, ostracize, prioritize, lies, capitalize, mesmerize, rationalize, plagiarize, materialize, epitomize, advertise, allies, characterize, empathize, summarize, amortize, tantalize, mobilize, aggrandize, subsidize, marginalize, authorize, belies, polarize, visualize, antagonize, catalyze, paralyze, customize, memorize, metastasize, supervise, supplies, ties, stigmatize, capsize, pulverize, fries, guys, minimize, stabilize, sunrise, hypothesize, familiarize, harmonize, maximize, energize, socialize, baptize, crystallize, sympathize, finalize, revitalize, disenfranchise, applies.

Consonant match to temporize:
tempo as, tempo has, tempo is.

Words that sound like temporize:
temporize, temporise, temperas, tempers, temporized, tom price, temporizer, temperate, tempos, tempera, temprate, tempra, tempora, tampers, temporals, timbers, tomorrows, timbres, temper, temples, tempered, comprise, temptress, temporal, temperance, emprise, templars, tempor, tempus, tempering, dumpers, temperer, tempters, temporizing, temerous, compris, tamraz, templers, dampers, dimerize, timorous, tippers, timmers, stumpers, timbrels, tampons, tenpins, temporary, temperature, tempo, tamper, timers, temps, temperatures, temperture, tempe, timepiece, tampered, tempura, tempts, tempurature, tenors, tampering, toppers, tenderize, tapers, teres, terese, tappers, tenners, temporally, tempore, tempeh, tamers, tarries, stompers, tambourines, time piece, thumpers, temperatur, timepass, tambora, tempi, terras, tomboys, terries, terrys, tampere, temporaries, stampers, temprano, tabriz, timorese, teamers, taros, disprize, tamperer, topers, tanneries, terry's.