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temporise (verb) -
1: to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
2: to draw out discussions or negotiations so as to gain time
Source : Merriam-Webster
Etymology : Temporise comes from the Middle French word temporiser, which in turn likely traces back via Medieval Latin temporizāre, "to delay," to the Latin noun tempus, meaning "time." Tempus is also the root of such words as tempo, contemporary, and temporal. If you need to buy some time, you might resort to temporising, but you probably won't win admiration for doing so, as the word typically carries a negative connotation. For instance, a political leader faced with a difficult issue might temporise by talking vaguely about possible solutions without actually doing anything. The point of such temporising is to avoid taking definitive—and possibly unpopular—action, in hopes that the problem will somehow go away.
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