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Palter v. i. (past & past part. paltered; pres. part. paltering)

To haggle. (Obs.)

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."

To babble; to chatter. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Palter" Quotes from Famous Books

... lottery. But if these, As I am sure they do, bear fire enough 120 To kindle cowards and to steel with valour The melting spirits of women, then, countrymen, What need we any spur but our own cause To prick us to redress? what other bond Than secret Romans, that have spoke the word, 125 And will not palter? and what other oath Than honesty to honesty engag'd, That this shall be, or we will fall for it? Swear priests and cowards and men cautelous, Old feeble carrions and such suffering souls 130 That welcome ...

— The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar • William Shakespeare

Words linked to "Palter" : equivocate, beat around the bush, prevaricate, mislead, paltering, misinform, tergiversate