Today's Word "Temporize"
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temporize \TEM-puh-ryze\ (verb) - 1 : to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion : compromise; 2 : to draw out discussions or negotiations so as to gain time
"The legislature was accused of temporizing while the budget deficit continued to worsen."
From the Medieval Latin verb "temporizare" ("to pass the time"), which itself comes from the Latin noun "tempus," meaning "time." ("Tempus" is also the root of such words as "tempo," "contemporary," and "temporal.")
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