temporize

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.
2. 2
   To discuss, to negotiate; to reach a compromise.
3. 3
   To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.
4. 4
   To comply with the occasion or time; to humour, or yield to, current circumstances or opinion; also, to trim (“fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each”).
5. 5
   To delay, especially until a more favourable time; to procrastinate.
6. 6
   To take temporary measures or actions to manage a situation without providing a definitive or permanent solution.