TEM'PORIZE, v.i. [L. tempus, time.]
1. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor or yield to the current of opinion or to circumstances; a conduct that often indicates obsequiousness.
They might their grievance inwardly complain,
but outwardly they needs must temporize.
2. To delay; to procrastinate.
Well, you till temporize with the hours. [Little used.]
3. To comply. [Not in use.]
