Tēm'po-rīze, v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. TEMPORIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. TEMPORIZING.] [Fr. temporiser, Sp. temporizar, It. temporeggiare, from Lat. tempus, temporis, time.]
Sense 1. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor or yield to the current of opinion or to circumstances.
They might their grievance inwardly complain, But outwardly they needs must temporize. Daniel.
Sense 2. To delay; to procrastinate. [Rare.]
Well, you will temporize with the hours. Shak.
Sense 3. To comply. [Obs.] Shak.