Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.