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palaver

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palaver  \Pa*la"ver\,  n.  [Sp.  palabra  or  Pg  palavra  fr  L. 
  parabola  a  comparison,  a  parable,  LL.,  a  word  See 
  {Parable}.] 
  1.  Talk;  conversation;  esp.,  idle  or  beguiling  talk;  talk 
  intended  to  deceive;  flattery. 
 
  2.  In  Africa,  a  parley  with  the  natives;  a  talk;  hence  a 
  public  conference  and  deliberation;  a  debate. 
 
  This  epoch  of  parliaments  and  eloquent  palavers. 
  --Carlyle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palaver  \Pa*la"ver\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Palavered};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Palavering}.] 
  To  make  palaver  with  or  to  to  used  palaver;to  talk  idly  or 
  deceitfully;  to  employ  flattery;  to  cajole;  as  to  palaver 
  artfully. 
 
  Palavering  the  little  language  for  her  benefit.  --C. 
  Bront? 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palaver 
  n  1:  flattery  intended  to  persuade  [syn:  {blandishment},  {cajolery}] 
  2:  loud  and  confused  and  empty  talk;  "mere  rhetoric"  [syn:  {hot 
  air},  {empty  words},  {empty  talk},  {rhetoric}] 
  v  1:  speak  (about  unimportant  matters)  rapidly  and  incessantly 
  [syn:  {chatter},  {piffle},  {prate},  {tittle-tattle},  {twaddle}, 
  {clack},  {maunder},  {prattle},  {gibber},  {tattle},  {blabber}, 
  {gabble}] 
  2:  influence  or  urge  by  gentle  urging,  caressing,  or 
  flattering;  "He  palavered  her  into  going  along"  [syn:  {wheedle}, 
  {cajole},  {blarney},  {coax},  {sweet-talk},  {inveigle}] 
  3:  have  a  lengthy  discussion,  usually  between  people  of 
  different  backgrounds




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