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Definition of Temporized
1. temporize [v] - See also: temporize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporized
Literary usage of Temporized
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Memoirs of My Own Time by Nathaniel William Wraxall (1815)
"Lord North, unable to resent, or to oppose the policy of Catherine by open force,
temporized, and waited for more propitious times. ..."
2. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"The feeble emperor, who had no will of his own, evaded or temporized, until Alaric
in wrath led his army a second time against Rome, (409. ..."
3. University Addresses by William Watts Folwell (1909)
"or because the teacher lacked ability to stimulate them to action, the regents
dallied and temporized, and gave the most important department in their care ..."
4. University Addresses by William Watts Folwell (1909)
"or because the teacher lacked ability to stimulate them to action, the regents
dallied and temporized, and gave the most important department in their care ..."
5. The Earliest Letters of Charles Dickens: Written to His Friend Henry Kolle by Charles Dickens, Harry Bache Smith (1910)
"She temporized, and doubtless relished the cat-and-mouse game. Dickens was serious
enough for two. " I hope," he writes to Kolle, " you will not make it ..."
6. The Cabinet History of England, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical: From the by Charles MacFarlane (1855)
"... offered only a partial satisfaction for the past, and refused or temporized
for the rest. Before taking any steps in fulfilment of his instructions, ..."
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