temporize

Verb

Meaning

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.

To comply; to agree.

Source: Webster's dictionary

temporise dally stonewall tarry dawdle delay wait pause hedge stall postpone hesitate prolong fluctuate defer

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extend prolong protract draw out

The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote Source: Internet