English Dictionary

palter

/ˈpɔːltə(ɹ)/

verb

To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. / (now rare) To trifle. / To haggle. / To babble; to chatter.

He likes to palter with the truth.

意味（1）

To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.

Romans, that have spoke the word,

Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter.

意味（2）

(now rare) To trifle.

Palter out your time in the penal statutes.

意味（3）

To haggle.

Herceler. Voyez to haggle, to dodge. N.b. Cotgrave defines herceler/harceler by example: to haggle, hucke, hedge, or paulter long in the buying of commodity.

意味（4）

To babble; to chatter.