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(), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Paltered (); p. pr. & vb. n.Paltering.] [See Paltry.] 1. To haggle. [Obs.] Cotgrave. 2. 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. 3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.] Pal"ter v. t.To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [Obs.] "Palter out your time in the penal statutes." Beau. & Fl. スポンサード リンク
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