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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word temporises:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. temporises: Merriam-Webster
  2. temporises: Collins English Dictionary
  3. temporises: Vocabulary.com
  4. temporises: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. temporises: Wiktionary
  6. temporises: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. temporises: Legal dictionary

(Note: See temporise as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Temporise)

verb:  (British spelling) Alternative spelling of temporize [(intransitive) To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.]
▸ Also see temporise


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