TEMPORIZE

temporize. Temporize, v. to comply with the time, to delay

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Tem″po‐rize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Temporized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing (?).] [[F. temporiser. See Temporal of time.]] 1. 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. Daniel. 2. 2. To delay; to procrastinate. Bacon.
3. 3. To comply; to agree. Shak.