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.]