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Pronunciation : Pal"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Paltry.]
Definition : 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.]

i. [imp. & p. p. Paltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Paltering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pal"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913