Category:Temporize

Tem"po*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Temporized; p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing.] Etym: [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. 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.