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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 |
| Preterite |
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| I paltered | | you paltered | | he/she/it paltered | | we paltered | | you paltered | | they paltered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am paltering | | you are paltering | | he/she/it is paltering | | we are paltering | | you are paltering | | they are paltering |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have paltered | | you have paltered | | he/she/it has paltered | | we have paltered | | you have paltered | | they have paltered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was paltering | | you were paltering | | he/she/it was paltering | | we were paltering | | you were paltering | | they were paltering |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had paltered | | you had paltered | | he/she/it had paltered | | we had paltered | | you had paltered | | they had paltered |
| Future |
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| I will palter | | you will palter | | he/she/it will palter | | we will palter | | you will palter | | they will palter |
| Future Perfect |
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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 |
| Future Continuous |
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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 |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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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 |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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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 |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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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 |
| Conditional |
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| I would palter | | you would palter | | he/she/it would palter | | we would palter | | you would palter | | they would palter |
| Past Conditional |
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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 |
Thesaurus| Verb | 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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