Pal·ter 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. --Shak.
Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
Nor paltered with eternal God for power. --Tennyson.
3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]
paltering
n : a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear [syn: fibbing]