temporise

Etymology

verb

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of temporize
   Though that her heart were fired, and swollen with anger, she temporiseth so, 'twas undiscovered: […] 1627, E. F. [i.e., Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland], The History of the Life, Reign, and Death of Edward II, King of England, and Lord of Ireland:[…], London: […] J. C. for Charles Harper […] Samuel Crouch […] and Thomas Fox …, published 1680, →OCLC, lines 301–302; republished in Randall Martin, editor, Women Writers in Renaissance England, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2014, part 2 (Prose), page 176