Temporize
Pronunciation : Tem"po*rize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. temporiser. See Temporal of time.]
Definition : 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. To delay; to procrastinate. [R.] Bacon.
3. To comply; to agree. [Obs.] Shak.
t. [imp. & p. p. Temporized; p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913