palter (English, verb)
expansion: palter (third-person singular simple present palters, present participle paltering, simple past and past participle paltered)
Senses:
glosses: To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
glosses: To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
To give a false impression by selective use of true but misleading statements.
qualifier: psychology and mediation
glosses: To trifle.
tags: archaic
glosses: To haggle.
glosses: To babble; to chatter.
Forms:
form: palters
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: paltering
tags: participle
present
form: paltered
tags: participle
past
form: paltered
tags: past
form: paulter
tags: alternative