palter

palter is a   Verb

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.]

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