Thesaurus: temporize
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.
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Definitions
- v. t. 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.
- v. t. To delay; to procrastinate.
- v. t. To comply; to agree.
- v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
- v:100 v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time