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TEMPORIZE
Definition of TEMPORIZE
verb
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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Where it comes from
From Middle French temporiser (“to wait one's time, temporize”) + English -ize (suffix forming verbs). Temporiser is derived from Medieval Latin temporizāre, from Latin temporāre (“to delay, put off”) + -izāre (suffix forming the present active infinitive of verbs). Temporāre is derived from tempor-, the inflected stem of tempus (“age, time, period; season of the year; due, opportune, or proper time”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temp-, *ten- (“to extend, stretch (in the sense of a stretch of time)”), or *temh₁- (“to cut (in the sense of a section of time)”)) + -āre. Compare temporalize.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, TEMPORIZE · 3 relatives in the game
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TEMPORIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 99 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TEMPORIZE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIMOPRTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start TEMPOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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