Third-person singular simple present indicative form of temporize

A person who temporizes

plural of temporizer

simple past tense and past participle 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.

plural of temporal

The state or quality of being temporal.

In a temporal manner.

(chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.

(relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical. / Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.