Temporise

Though that her heart were fired, and swollen with anger, she temporiseth so, 'twas undiscovered: […]

On the first day when his father formally gave him the hint that he was to place his affections at Miss Swartz's feet, George temporised with the old gentleman.

[William] Penn, therefore, exhorted the fellows not to rely on the goodness of their cause, but to submit, or at least to temporise.