GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Palter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paltering.] [See Paltry.]
   1. To haggle. [Obs.]  Cotgrave.
   
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   2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
   
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   Romans, that have spoke the word,
   
   And will not palter. Shak.
   
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   Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
   
   Nor paltered with eternal God for power. Tennyson.
   
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   3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]
   
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   Palter, v. t. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [Obs.] “Palter out your time in the penal statutes.”  Beau. & Fl.
   
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