temporized

verb

1. 1

   To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes in order to reach a compromise or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.

2. 2

   To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   To delay; to procrastinate.

5. 5

   To comply; to agree.