Why, turn a temporist, row with the tide.
Marston.
Tem`po*ri*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. temporisation.] The act of
temporizing. Johnson.
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.
They might their grievance inwardly complain, But outwardly they needs
must temporize.
Daniel.