Pal″ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Paltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Paltering.] [See Paltry.] 1. To haggle. 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.