Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Temporize

Temporize , transitive verb

[French 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. [Rare] — Bacon
3.
To comply; to agree. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare