Meaning of PALAVER
| Pronunciation: | | pu'lâvur
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- [n] loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"
- [n] flattery intended to persuade
- [v] have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
- [v] influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
- [v] speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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| | Synonyms: | | blab, blabber, blandishment, blarney, cajole, cajolery, chatter, clack, coax, empty talk, empty words, gabble, gibber, hot air, inveigle, maunder, piffle, prate, prattle, rhetoric, sweet-talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, wheedle |
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| | See Also: | | babble, blather, blether, blither, browbeat, bully, flattery, hokum, meaninglessness, mouth, nonsense, nonsensicality, parley, persuade, smatter, soft-soap, speak, swagger, sway, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pa*la"ver\, n. [Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L.
parabola a comparison, a parable, LL., a word. See
{Parable}.]
1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk
intended to deceive; flattery.
2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a
public conference and deliberation; a debate.
This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers.
--Carlyle.
\Pa*la"ver\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Palavered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Palavering}.]
To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or
deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver
artfully.
Palavering the little language for her benefit. --C.
Bront?
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