Usually means: Delay or procrastinate to gain time.
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  1. temporise: Merriam-Webster
  2. temporise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. temporise: Vocabulary.com
  4. temporise: Wordnik
  5. temporise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. temporise: Wiktionary
  7. temporise: Dictionary.com
  8. temporise: Rhymezone
  9. temporise: FreeDictionary.org
  10. temporise: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. temporise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. temporise: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. temporise: Legal dictionary

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verb:  (British spelling) Alternative spelling 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.]

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