Found 2 items, similar to Paltered.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: palter
palter
v : be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or
withhold information [syn:
beat around the bush,
equivocate,
tergiversate,
prevaricate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Paltered
Palter
\Pal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Paltered; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Paltering.] [See
Paltry.]
1. To haggle. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
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2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to
equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
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Romans, that have spoke the word,
And will not palter. --Shak.
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Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
Nor paltered with eternal God for power. --Tennyson.
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3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]
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