Temporize /(?)/

Tem·po·rize

Temporize

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Temporized; p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing

  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.
    They might their grievance inwardly complain, But outwardly they needs must temporize.
  2. To delay; to procrastinate. [R.]
  3. To comply; to agree. [Obs.]