Temporized

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              They might their grievance inwardly complain,
              But outwardly they needs must temporize. --Daniel.
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     2. To delay; to procrastinate. [R.] --Bacon.
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     3. To comply; to agree. [Obs.] --Shak.
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