temporize

1. To draw out discussions or negotiations so as to gain time .

2. To act to suit the time or occasion yield to current or dominant opinion.

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1. To act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision: "Colonial officials . . . ordered to enforce unpopular enactments, tended to temporize, to find excuses for evasion” ( J.H. Parry).

2. To engage in discussions or negotiations, especially so as to achieve a compromise or gain time.

3. To yield to current circumstances or necessities; act to suit the time.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
temporize	22	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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re	2
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ti	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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timer	7
topee	7
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tripe	7
tromp	9
trope	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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empire	10
epimer	10
import	10
meteor	8
metier	8
metope	10
mopier	10
optime	10
permit	10
potzer	17
premie	10
protei	8
reemit	8
remote	8
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temper	10
trompe	10

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
emprize	20
emptier	11
epitome	11
erotize	16
poetize	18

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
poetizer	19

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
temporize	22