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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palter  \Pal"ter\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Paltered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Paltering}.]  [See  {Paltry}.] 
  1.  To  haggle.  [Obs.]  --Cotgrave. 
 
  2.  To  act  in  insincere  or  deceitful  manner;  to  play  false;  to 
  equivocate;  to  shift;  to  dodge;  to  trifle. 
 
  Romans,  that  have  spoke  the  word  And  will  not 
  palter.  --Shak. 
 
  Who  never  sold  the  truth  to  serve  the  hour,  Nor 
  paltered  with  eternal  God  for  power.  --Tennyson. 
 
  3.  To  babble;  to  chatter.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paltering 
  n  :  a  trivial  act  of  lying  [syn:  {fibbing}] 




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