Palter /(?)/

Pal·ter

Palter

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Paltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Paltering

  1. To haggle. [Obs.]
  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.
    Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power.
  3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]

Palter

v. t.
  1. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [Obs.]