Palter

[Pal·ter]

To palter is to beat around the bush by speaking or writing in an unclear way. People palter to confuse others.

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To haggle.

Verb
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information


v. i.
To haggle.

v. i.
To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

v. i.
To babble; to chatter.

v. t.
To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.


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.
Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power.
3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]

Palter

Pal"ter, 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.

To haggle.

To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.

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