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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temporize \Tem"po*rize\, 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.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
temporize
v : draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The
speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"
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