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▸ verb:  (intransitive) 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.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, by extension) To discuss, to negotiate; to reach a compromise.
▸ verb:  (transitive, dentistry) To apply a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, archaic) 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”).
▸ verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To delay, especially until a more favourable time; to procrastinate.
▸ verb:  (transitive, medicine) To take temporary measures or actions to manage a situation without providing a definitive or permanent solution.



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