temporary 
temporary (tem'po-ra-ri), . [=F. iemporairc 
= Kp. Pg. temporario, < L. tempurnrius, lasting 
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divisions of the trigeminal nerve. 
lotemporal. 
See aurieu- 
but for a time, < teiitpus (tempnr-), time, season : temporoccipital (tem"po-rok-sip'i-tal), ft. Per- 
see trnijMiral 1 .'] 1. Lasting for a time only; taining to the temple ami the back of the head; 
existing or continuing for a limited time ; not common to the temporal and occipital regions 
permanent. of the skull. 
These temporary truces and peaces were soone made temporofacial (tem"po-ro-fa'shal), ft. Of or 
pertaining to the temporal and facial regions of 
the head Temporofacial nerve, the larger of the two 
terminal divisions of the facial nerve, distributed to the 
supra-auricular and pre-auricular muscles, the frontalis, 
corrugator supercilii, and orbicularis palpebrarum. 
tempqrohyoid (tem"po-r6-hi'oid), a. Of or 
pertaining to the temporal and hyoid bones: 
noting muscles or ligaments connecting these 
bones. See epihyal, styloliyal. 
and soone broken. Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII., p. 191. 
I am satisfied, that, as we grow older, we learn to look 
upon our bodies more and more as a temporary posses- 
sion, and less and less us identified with ourselves. 
0. W. Holmes, Professor, viii. 
2f. Contemporary; of the period. [Bare.] 
This excellent little piece ["Devil upon Two Sticks"], 
though it admits of some temporary strokes, such as the 
ridicule on the college of physicians, the political doctor, 
Ac., yet exhibits them worked up in so brilliant and gen- temporomalar (tem'po-ro-ma'lar), a. Of or 
eral a manner as to be always new^ ^^ g ^^ ^ ^ pertaining to the temporal f ossaand the malar 
Temporary administrator. Same as special admin- 
istrator (which see, under special). Temporary alle- 
giance. See atteyiance,!. Temporary cartilage. See 
cartilage. Temporary excise. See Act of the Hereditary 
Excise, under excise?. Temporary hours. See hour. 
Temporary injunction. See ad interim injunction, un- 
der injunction. Temporary star, a star which bursts 
bone Temporomalar canals, canals leading from 
the orbital to the temporal and facial surfaces of the ma- 
lar bone. There are usually two, known as the temporal 
and the m ilar canal. Temporomalar nerve, a small 
branch of the superior maxillary nerve distributed to the 
skin of the cheek and temple : same as orbital nerve (which 
see, under orbital). 
in a few days into great brilliancy, and after some weeks temporomandibular (tem"po-r6-man-dib'u- 
or months sinks into lasting dimness. = Syn. 1. Tempo- lar), rt. Of or pertaining to the temporal bone 
ami the mandible, or lower iaw-bone. See tern- 
nnrnniarillnru 
temporomastoid (tem-po-ro-mae'toid), n. A 
. . . 
rnry, Temporal (see temporal), transient, Meeting, transi- 
tor}/, ephemeral, evanescent, brief. 
temporistt (tem'po-rist), n. [< L. tempus (tem- 
por-), time, season, + -int.~\ A temporizer. 
Why turn a temporist, row with the tide? Marston. 
temporization (tem"po-ri-za'shou), ii. [= F. 
temporisatton = Pg. temporizagSo ; &s temporize 
+ -tition.~\ The act of temporizing; time-serv- 
ing. Also spelled temporisation. 
He [Graunt] allows that suspicions and charges of tempo- 
rization and compliance had somewhat sullied his repu- 
tation. Johnson, Ascham. 
temporize (tem'po-riz), t>. i.; pret. and pp. tem- 
porized, ppr. temporizing. [= F. temporiser = 
Sp. Pg. temporizar = It. tewporeggiare ; as L. 
tcmpus (tempor-), time, season, + -tee."] 1. To 
Afe 
Pmy. 
Skull of Frog (Rana escnlen(a), showing Z, the large temporoinas- 
toid; D, denlary bone of lower mandible ; HO, exoccipital ; Fr, Pa, 
frontoparietal ; Hfx, maxilla : Na, nasal ; Pmx, premaxilla ; ff, 
pterygoid ; QJ, quadratojugal. 
bone of the temporal and mastoid region of the 
, , _, -. _- skull in Ampttibia, as in liana. 
comply with the time or occasion, or with the temporomaxillary (tem"po-r6-mak'si-la-ri), a. 
desires of another; yield temporarily or osten- 
sibly to the current of opinion or circumstances. 
The Dauphin is too wilful-opposite, 
And will not temporize with my entreaties ; 
He flatly says he'll not lay down his arms. 
Shak., K. John, v. 2. 125. 
'Twas then no time her grievance to reveal, 
"He 's mad who takes a lion by the ears." 
This knew the Queen, and this well know the wise, 
This must they learn that rightly temporize. 
Drayton, Barons' Wars, i. 36. 
2f. To parley. 
For that he could not brook to temporise 
With humours masked in those times' disguise. 
Ford, Fame's Memorial. 
All these temporize with other for necessities, but all as 
vncertaine as peace or warres. 
Capt. John Smith, Works, 1. 128. 
3. To dilly-dally; delay; procrastinate. 
1. Of or pertaining to the temporal region and 
the cheek or upper jaw : noting a vein and other 
structures. 2. Pertaining to the temporal 
bone and the lower jaw-bone; temporomandib- 
ular: as, the temporomaxillary articulation. 
Temporomaxillary articulation, in man and other 
mammals, the joint by which the under jaw is hinged upon 
the squamosal part of the temporal bone, in the glenoid 
fossa of the temporal bone. This is the only freely mova- 
ble articulation of the skull, being that which permits the 
mouth to be opened and shut. It does not exist below 
mammals, for in all other vertebrates the mandible ar- 
ticulates indirectly with the rest of the skull, by the inter- 
vention of a suspensorium of some sort. See cuts under 
skulli . Temporomaxillary fibrocartilage. See Jibro- 
cartUage. Temporomaxillary vein, a vein formed by 
the union of the temporal vein and the internal maxillary 
vein. It descends through the parotid gland, and finally 
divides into two branches, one of which joins the facial 
vein, and the other, joining the posterior auricular, be- 
comes the external jugular vein. 
'u^'mmTnwhich^eire'would Save temporoparietal (tem"po-r6-pa-rl'e-tal), a. Of 
lemporizca), . . . resolved ... to give him [the king] or pertaining to the temporal and parietal 
battaile. Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII., p. 43. bones: as, the temporoparietal suture (the con- 
All parties joined in entreating for the people a share in tinuous parietomastoid and squamosal sutures) 
legislation. The duke of York temp'n-ized temporosphenoid (tem"p6-ro-sfe ' noid), a. 
oft, Hist. D. s., ii. 413. game as spJienotemporal. 
temporosphenoidal (tem"po-ro-sfe-noi'dal), a. 
Same as sphenotempnral Temporosphenoidal 
convolutions or gyri. Same as temporal gyri (which see, 
Also spelled tempuriite. 
temporizer (tem'po-ri-zer), n. [< temporise + 
-eri.] One who temporizes; one who yields to ,.. o^ c ,,.^, ylr , MW1 
the time or complies with the prevailing opin- under .ron). Temporosphenoidal lobe. SeeMw,and 
ions, fashions, or occasions ; a trimmer ; a time- cere&ra ' hemisphere (under cerebral). 
server. Also spelled temporiser. tempret, ('. A Middle English form of temper. 
th 
serve many, serve all, serve"nbne. 
Kea T i, /,, w.t= T AII But the Contree where he duellethe in most comounly 
tM .. ,_ rks,1.444. is in Gaydo or in Jong, that is a gode Contree alidad 
temporizing (tem po-rt-zing), p. a. [Ppr. of pree aftre that the Contree is there ; but to men of this 
temporize, t>.] Inclined to temporize ; comply- t'ontree it were to passyng hoot. 
ing with the time or with the prevailing humors UandemOe, Travels, p. 240. 
and opinions of men : time-serving Now na d t* 16 tfmpre sonne al that relevyd. 
T . Chaucer, Prol. to Good Women (1st version), 1. 116. 
The proceedings exhibit Henry [IV 1 as a somewhat r.m. i 
temporising politician, but not asY cruel man ' ' The lat v erel reads nfcmp.] 
states, Const. Hist. 303 temprelyt, adv. [ME. temprelg. temperelly ; < 
temporizingly (tem'po-ri-zing-li), adv. In a ^mpre, a., + -fy2.] Temperately, 
temporizing manner. Gprernethjow also of youre diete 
wing: as, the temporo-alar muscle 
temporo-alaris (tem/po-ro-a-la'ris) n pi 
temporo-ttlares (-rez). The tem'poro-alar muscle 
of a bird. It is nearly the same as that usuallv 

t 
tempruret, n. See temperurc. 
t^PS 1 ( F - pron. ton), n. If. See tensei. 2. 
Specifically, m legerdemain, the right opportu- 
, y i or executin g a required movement. This is 
tPnrn /'' aane. 
temporo-auricular (tem'po-rd-a-rik'u-iar), a. 
r reJo^o? 1 ^ h / tem Pl aild auricu ' 
lar legions of the head: applied to one of the 
attention of the 
temps'^, tempset, . Beefcmw, 
tempt (tempt), . t. [< ME. tempt*,, (pp. some- 
times temped), < OF. tempter, tenter, tanter, F. 
temptation 
tenter = Pr. lemptar = Sp. Pg. tentar = It. ten- 
tare, tempt, < L. tcntarc, handle, touch, try, test, 
tempt (also in form temptarc, not a reg. variant, 
and explainable only as an ancient error due 
to some confusion ; cf . E. daunt, < OF. daintier, 
dumpter, < L. domitare, etc.), freq. of tenere, pp. 
tcntus, hold: see tenant. Cf. attempt, etc.] 1. 
To put to trial ; try ; test ; put to the test. [Ar- 
chaic.] 
Sothli he seide this thing, temptinge him ; forsoth he 
wiste what he was to doynge. Viydif, John vi. 6. 
Tempte hem frist on werkes smale, 
In creed lande the plough as for to hale. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 132. 
God did tempt Abraham. Gen. xxii. 1. 
2. To entice ; attract ; allure ; invite ; induce : 
incline; dispose; incite. 
I am a weak one, 
Arm'd only with my fears : I beseech your grace 
Tempt me no further. Fletcher, Loyal Subject, iii. ;i. 
Still his strength conceal 'd, 
Which templed our attempt, and wrought our fall. 
Milton, i'. L., i. 642. 
It was now that he began to tempt me about writing 
"the Dutch War." Evelyn, Diary, Feb. 13, 1669. 
Green covered places tempted the foot, and black bog- 
holes discouraged it. R. D. Blaclrmore, Lorna Doone, lix. 
3. To incite or entice to evil ; entice to some- 
thing wrong by presenting arguments that are 
plausible or convincing, or by the offer of some 
pleasure or apparent advantage as the induce- 
ment; seduce. 
Thus deuelis ther wills caste 
With ther argumentis greete, 
& thritti seer thei foondid faste 
To tempte Jhesu in manye an hete. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 42. 
Let no man say, when he is tempted, I am tempted of God ; 
for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he 
any man ; but every man is tempted when he is drawn 
away of his own lust and enticed. Jas. i. 13, 14. 
4. To provoke ; defy ; act presumptuously to- 
ward. 
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 16. 
Tempt him not so too far ; I wish, forbear : 
In time we hate that which we often fear. 
Shak., A. and 0., i. 3. 11. 
It behoov'd him to have bin more cautious how he 
tempted Gods finding out of blood and deceit. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, ix. 
5f. To attempt; endeavor to do, accomplish, 
or reach; venture on. 
Who shall tempt, with wandering feet, 
The dark nnbottom'd infinite abyss? 
Milton, P. L., ii. 404. 
What though defeated once thou'st been, and known, 
Tempt it again. B. Jonson, Catiline, ii. 1. 
= Syn. 2 and 3. To lure, inveigle, decoy, bait, bribe, 
temptt (tempt), n. [< tempt, v.] An attempt. 
By the issues of all tempts they found no certain con- 
clusion but this, "God and heaven are strong against us 
in all we do." Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 76. 
temptability (temp-ta-bil 'i-ti), n. [< temptable 
+ -ity (see -bility).'] The character of being 
temptable. 
temptable (temp'ta-bl), a. [< tempt + -able.'] 
That may be tempted; accessible to tempta- 
tion. 
If the parliament were as temptable as any other as- 
sembly, the managers must fail for want of tools to work 
with. Su^ft. 
temptableness (temp'ta-bl-nes), . The char- 
acter of being temptable ; temptability. 
temptation (temp-ta'shon), M. [< ME. tempta- 
ciou,< OF. temptacion, "tcntatioii, F. tentation 
= Pr. temptacio, tentaeio = Sp. tentacion = Pg. 
tentagao = It. tentazione, < L. tentatio(n-), trial, 
temptation, < ten tare, try, test, tempt: see 
tempt.'] 1. The act of testing or trying; trial. 
[Archaic.] 
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from 
the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and 
by wonders? Deut. iv. 34. 
A temptation is only another word for an experiment, 
or trial ; a trial whether we will do or forbear such a 
thing. Bp. Atterbitry, Sermons, II. iv. 
2. Enticement to evil, as by specious argu- 
ment, flattery, or the offer of some real or ap- 
parent good. 
Most dangerous 
Is that temptation that doth goad us on 
To sin in loving virtue. 
Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 182. 
He who resigns the world has no temptation to envy, 
hatred, malice, anger. Steele, Spectator, No. 28'2. 
He drilled himself till inflexible habit stood sentinel 
before all those postern-weaknesses which temperament 
leaves unbolted to temptation. 
Lou-ell, Cambridge Thirty Years Ago. 
3. The state of being tempted, or enticed to 
evil. 
