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palter
pal·ter P0033500 (pôl′tər)intr.v. pal·tered, pal·ter·ing, pal·ters Archaic 1. To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate.2. To be capricious; trifle.3. To quibble, especially in bargaining. [Origin unknown.] pal′ter·er n.palter (ˈpɔːltə) vb (intr) 1. to act or talk insincerely2. to haggle[C16: of unknown origin] ˈpalterer npal•ter (ˈpɔl tər) v.i. 1. to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully. 2. to haggle. 3. to act carelessly; trifle. [1595–1605; of uncertain orig.] palter Past participle: paltered Gerund: paltering
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I palter | you palter | he/she/it palters | we palter | you palter | they palter |
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I paltered | you paltered | he/she/it paltered | we paltered | you paltered | they paltered |
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I am paltering | you are paltering | he/she/it is paltering | we are paltering | you are paltering | they are paltering |
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I have paltered | you have paltered | he/she/it has paltered | we have paltered | you have paltered | they have paltered |
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I was paltering | you were paltering | he/she/it was paltering | we were paltering | you were paltering | they were paltering |
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I had paltered | you had paltered | he/she/it had paltered | we had paltered | you had paltered | they had paltered |
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I will palter | you will palter | he/she/it will palter | we will palter | you will palter | they will palter |
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I will have paltered | you will have paltered | he/she/it will have paltered | we will have paltered | you will have paltered | they will have paltered |
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I will be paltering | you will be paltering | he/she/it will be paltering | we will be paltering | you will be paltering | they will be paltering |
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I have been paltering | you have been paltering | he/she/it has been paltering | we have been paltering | you have been paltering | they have been paltering |
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I will have been paltering | you will have been paltering | he/she/it will have been paltering | we will have been paltering | you will have been paltering | they will have been paltering |
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I had been paltering | you had been paltering | he/she/it had been paltering | we had been paltering | you had been paltering | they had been paltering |
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I would palter | you would palter | he/she/it would palter | we would palter | you would palter | they would palter |
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I would have paltered | you would have paltered | he/she/it would have paltered | we would have paltered | you would have paltered | they would have paltered | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | palter - be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold informationbeat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, tergiversatemisinform, mislead - give false or misleading information to |
palterverb1. To stray from truthfulness or sincerity:equivocate, prevaricate, shuffle.2. To argue about the terms, as of a sale:bargain, dicker, haggle, higgle, huckster, negotiate.
palter
Synonyms for palterverb to stray from truthfulness or sinceritySynonyms- equivocate
- prevaricate
- shuffle
verb to argue about the terms, as of a saleSynonyms- bargain
- dicker
- haggle
- higgle
- huckster
- negotiate
Synonyms for palterverb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold informationSynonyms- beat around the bush
- equivocate
- prevaricate
- tergiversate
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