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Definition of Temporizes
1. temporize [v] - See also: temporize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporizes
Literary usage of Temporizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"... War with England—Friendship restored—James temporizes with Henry— Marries
Magdalen of France—Her early Death—James weds Mary of Guise—Sentence of Lady ..."
2. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Views of Buonaparte respecting the Revolutionizing of Italy— He temporizes.— Conduct
of the Austrian Government at this Crisis. ..."
3. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"... Borders—Introduces Cultivation and good Order—Institutes the College of
Justice—Short War with England—Friendship restored—James temporizes with Henry— ..."
4. Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb: An Officer of the by Isaac Q. Leake (1850)
"Govenor temporizes. — British Troops expected. — Congress recommends no Opposition
to the Landing. — Provision of warlike Stores. ..."
5. The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1835)
"Views of Buonaparte respecting the Revolutionizing of Italy. — He temporizes.
— Conduct of the Austrian Government at this Crisis — Beaulieu displaced, ..."
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