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tem•po•ral•ize
(tem′pər ə līz′, tem′prə-),USA pronunciation v.t., -ized, -iz•ing.
- to make temporal in time;
place in time. - to make concerned with the present life;
secularize.
- temporal1 + -ize 1820–30