temporise
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Though that her heart were fired, and swollen with anger, she temporiseth so, 'twas undiscovered: […]"
- "On the first day when his father formally gave him the hint that he was to place his affections at Miss Swartz's feet, George temporised with the old gentleman."
- "[William] Penn, therefore, exhorted the fellows not to rely on the goodness of their cause, but to submit, or at least to temporise."
- "“And what were they?” asked the Duke. He was eager for sympathy in his love. But so little used was he to seeking sympathy that he could not unburden himself. He temporised. Noaks muttered something about getting back to work, and fumbled with the door-handle."
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
temporises (present, singular)
temporising (participle, present)
temporised (participle, past)
temporised (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
temporised (first person, past)
temporisest (archaic, present)
temporised (past, second person)
temporisedst (archaic, past)
temporiseth (archaic, present)
temporised (past, singular)