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   Trifle, 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.
   
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   They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. Hooker.
   
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   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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   Trifling (?), a. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, “a trifling debt; a trifling affair.” -- Tri"fling*ly, adv. -- Tri"fling*ness, n.
   
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