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Webster 1913 Edition

Palaver

Pa-la′ver

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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. Bronté

Webster 1828 Edition

Palaver

PAL`AVER

, n.
1.
Idle talk.
2.
Flattery; adulation. [This is used with us in the vulgar dialect.]
3.
Talk; conversation; conference; a sense used in Africa, as appears by the relations of missionaries.

PAL`AVER

,
Verb.
T.
To flatter. [In vulgar use.]

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