Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palter \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palter \Pal"ter\, 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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
palter
v : be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or
withhold information [syn: {equivocate}, {tergiversate},
{prevaricate}]
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