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a. [ L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous. ] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman

-- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adv. At the same time with some other event. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
Syn. -- coevals, generation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous. ] 1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

This king [ Henry VIII. ] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of the same age; coeval. [ 1913 Webster ]

A grove born with himself he sees,
And loves his old contemporary trees. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Contemporaries 1. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a person of nearly the same age as another.
Syn. -- coeval. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. to happen at the same time.
Syn. -- co-occur. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to arrange or represent events so that they co-occur.
Syn. -- synchronize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Contemporaneous. ] Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Living or being at the same time; contemporary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cotemporaries One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequus equal + tempus, temporis, time. ] Contemporaneous. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extemporalis, from ex tempore. ] Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson.

-- Ex*tem"po*ral*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. Extemporaneous. [ Obs ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Extempore. ] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; ad-lib; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Extemporaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Extemporaneous. “In extemporary prayer.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. [ Obs. ] “Extemporary habitations.” Maundrell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ L. ex out + tempus, temporis, time. See Temporal. ] Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. -- a. Done or performed extempore. “Extempore dissertation.” Addison. “Extempore poetry.” Dryden. -- n. Speaking or writing done extempore. [ Obs. ] Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being done or devised extempore [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Extemporized p. pr. & vb. n. Extemporizing ] To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done. Jowett (Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech Lord Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who extemporizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + temporal. ] (Anat.) Below the temple; below the temporal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. post- + temporal. ] (Anat.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes. -- n. A post-temporal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the temporal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is more than temporal; that which is eternal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa. -- n. A supratemporal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., fr. L. tempus. See Tense, n. ] (Mus.) The rate or degree of movement in time. [ 1913 Webster ]

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A tempo giusto ety>[ It. ], in exact time; -- sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato. --
Tempo rubato. See under Rubato. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. temporalis, fr. tempora the temples: cf. F. temporal. See Temple a part of the head. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Temporal bone, a very complex bone situated in the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal petrosal and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. Contemporaneous, Extempore, Temper, v. t., Tempest, Temple a part of the head, Tense, n., Thing. ] 1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. iv. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is this an hour for temporal affairs? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lords temporal. See under Lord, n. --
Temporal augment. See the Note under Augment, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Transient; fleeting; transitory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Temporalities [ L. temporalitas, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F. temporalité. ] 1. The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The laity; temporality. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality and temporality of the same church. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a temporal manner; secularly. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Worldliness. [ R. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Temporality. ] 1. The laity; secular people. [ Obs. ] Abp. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A secular possession; a temporality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. temporaneus happening at the right time, fr. tempus, temporis, time. ] Temporarity. [ Obs. ] Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a temporary manner; for a time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. temporarius, fr. tempus, temporis, time: cf. F. temporaire. ] Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Temporary government of the city. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Temporary star. (Astron.) See under Star. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A temporizer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Why, turn a temporist, row with the tide. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. temporisation. ] The act of temporizing. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Temporized p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing ] [ F. temporiser. See Temporal of time. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

They might their grievance inwardly complain,
But outwardly they needs must temporize. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To delay; to procrastinate. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To comply; to agree. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a temporizing or yielding manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the temple, or temporal bone; as, temporofacial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the temporo-auricular nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face. [ 1913 Webster ]