temporise
- a variation of temporize.
Example Sentences
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But in spite of it all, Clement would only palliate and temporise, and finally refused to give any fresh instructions to the Legates or help the King’s cause by any new act.
From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp
Not yet thoroughly prepared for the struggle, the Emperor found it convenient for a time to temporise, and requested one further debate, which was to prove final between the disputants.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
Slyne, reading all the old man's thoughts, could see that he had decided to temporise.
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
That's why the thing has always failed in the past—compromise, temporise, fusion.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie
His sole aim was to temporise and make concessions, with the view of bringing matters to a rupture and of obtaining his own share in the division of our common patrimony.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
