temporise
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See also: temporisé
English[edit]
Verb[edit]
temporise (third-person singular simple present temporises, present participle temporising, simple past and past participle temporised)
- (British spelling) Alternative spelling of temporize
- 1627, E. F. [i.e., Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland], The History of the Life, Reign, and Death of Edward II, King of England, and Lord of Ireland: […], London: […] J. C. for Charles Harper […] Samuel Crouch […] and Thomas Fox [...], published 1680, →OCLC, lines 301–302; republished in Randall Martin, editor, Women Writers in Renaissance England, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2014, →ISBN, part 2 (Prose), page 176:
- Though that her heart were fired, and swollen with anger, she temporiseth so, 'twas undiscovered: […]
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- On the first day when his father formally gave him the hint that he was to place his affections at Miss Swartz's feet, George temporised with the old gentleman.
- 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VIII, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 298:
- [William] Penn, therefore, exhorted the fellows not to rely on the goodness of their cause, but to submit, or at least to temporise.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of temporise
| infinitive | (to) temporise | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | temporise | temporised | |
| 2nd-person singular | temporise, temporisest† | temporised, temporisedst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | temporises, temporiseth† | temporised | |
| plural | temporise | ||
| subjunctive | temporise | temporised | |
| imperative | temporise | — | |
| participles | temporising | temporised | |
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
temporise
- inflection of temporiser: