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Answer for the clue "Trifled or quibbled ", 8 letters:
paltered

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vb. (en-past of: palter )

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Palter \Pal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paltered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Paltering .] [See Paltry .] To haggle. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle. Romans, that have spoke the ...

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Dimmesdale's destroyed him, because he paltered weakly with his conscience.