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paltered
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Paltered
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 word, And will not palter.
--Shak.Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power.
--Tennyson. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
paltered
vb. (en-past of: palter)
Usage examples of "paltered".
Dimmesdale's destroyed him, because he paltered weakly with his conscience.