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To trifle with

Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trifling.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.

They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us.
--Hooker.

To trifle with, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things.

Usage examples of "to trifle with".

It was not his custom to trifle with the affections of fledglings, but within a week of having made Tiffany's acquaintance he set himself, without compunction, to the task of intriguing her to the point of pursuing him in preference to Julian.

Further reflection convinced him that no attempt would be made to trifle with her affections: it was unlikely that so noted a connoisseur of beauty as Alverstoke would deem her worthy of a second glance.

It was also against the law for an unauthorized person to trifle with the mind.

Warkworth and Lord Fleetwood said that it was rather too bad of the Nonpareil to trifle with the season’.

It was a pity that I could not force her to suffer as you shall, but her will combined with her link to her chosen goddess was far too strong to trifle with.