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Palavered

Palaver \Pa*la"ver\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Palavering.] To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver; to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.

Palavering the little language for her benefit.
--C. Bront['e]

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palavered

vb. (en-past of: palaver)

Usage examples of "palavered".

He palavered with elders of the town, and then with several folk who were summoned forward from the crowd.

Or perhaps it was here, watching them even as they palavered and Nigel returned with various writing implements.

Jake looked hard at the place where Andy and Ben Slightman had palavered, marking it in his memory.

They palavered in that damned singsong tongue of theirs, then conducted me to the palace of the Emperor's Hand.