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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trifle  \Tri"fle\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Trifled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Trifling}.]  [OE.  trifelen  truflen  See  {Trifle},  n.] 
  To  act  or  talk  without  seriousness,  gravity,  weight,  or 
  dignity;  to  act  or  talk  with  levity;  to  indulge  in  light  or 
  trivial  amusements. 
 
  They  trifle,  and  they  beat  the  air  about  nothing  which 
  toucheth  us  --Hooker. 
 
  {To  trifle  with},  to  play  the  fool  with  to  treat  without 
  respect  or  seriousness;  to  mock;  as  to  trifle  with  one's 
  feelings,  or  with  sacred  things 




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