Temporize, to come to terms, to compromise: “thou wilt quake for this shortly. I look for an earthquake too, then. Well, you will t. with the hours,” Ado I, 1, 276. “the Dauphin is too wilful-opposite and will not t. with my entreaties,” John V, 2, 125. “if I could t. with my affection, or brew it to a weak and colder palate, the like allayment could I give my grief,” Troil. IV, 4, 6. “all's well, and might have been much better, if he could have --d,” Cor. IV, 6, 17.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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