temporize
tem puh rahyz
- v draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote
- For a time, Tito, a Croat himself , tried to temporize with the nationalistic leaders of Croatia's Communist Party.
- In something like a League panic, sincere Geneva friends of Democracy did their best to temporize, talked of referring matters to The Hague Courtanything for delay.
- It chose to temporize and inserted a plank of no particular meaning: The Republican Party reaffirms its unyielding devotion to the Constitution and to the guarantees of civil .