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temporising

temporising is the alternative spelling of temporizing.

temporising is the present participle and gerund of temporise.

temporising is the alternative form of temporizing.

Meaning of temporizing

Adjective

temporizing (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to temporization (in its various senses).
    • The kalender, […] hath late deſcry'd
      That evill affected planet Mars, ally'd
      To temporizing Mercury, conjoyn'd
      I'th'houſe of Death; […]a. 1645 (date written), Fra[ncis] Quarles, “Eglogue X”, in The Shepheards Oracles: Delivered in Certain Eglogues, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot and Richard Marriot, […], published...

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Forms of temporising

pluraltemporisings

Words formed from temporising

Questions about temporising

What is temporising the alternative spelling of?
Temporising is the alternative spelling of temporizing.

Words near temporising in the dictionary

  1. temporiser
  2. temporisers
  3. temporises
  4. temporisest
  5. temporiseth
  6. temporising
  7. temporisingly
  8. temporisings
  9. temporist
  10. temporists
  11. temporization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: temporising (page history and authors); temporizing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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