temporize
Pronunciation:
/ˈtɛmpəɹaɪz/verb
Definitions
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.
To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.
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.
To delay; to procrastinate.