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paltered |
1 definition 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.]
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