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Temporize

To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prolong 76% connected

To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

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Protract 76% connected

To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Temporizer 74% connected

One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Temporizer 74% connected

One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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