palter

How to use palter in a sentence

But though his language is calm and restrained, he never condescends to palter with slavery.

But her stainless heart was too proud in virtue to palter and equivocate with circumstances.

The Chorus hear it too; but they linger and palter, while each gives his grave sentence deliberately in his proper turn.

GUY LIVINGSTONE;GEORGE A. LAWRENCE

Do not think that you should palter with the truth either because it may not be palatable to me, or seem decorous to yourself.

AYALA'S ANGELANTHONY TROLLOPE

Yancey, speaking for Alabama, refused to palter with any plan not built on the proposition that slavery was in itself right.

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATESCHARLES A. BEARD AND MARY R. BEARD

They were aware, too, of a strange capriciousness in their senses, and of a tendency of each to palter with the things perceived.

Others might falter on the way; might palter with the truth; might parlay with the enemy.

Not once did he palter with his convictions or juggle with his self-respect for the sake of pelf or applause.

He would never compromise or palter with the truth, either by way of suppression, or exaggeration, or casuistical refinement.

To stand on terms with such opponents, to palter with this "other gospel," would be treason against Him.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985