CAVILED

Verb

caviled

simple past tense and past participle of cavil

Source: Wiktionary


CAVIL

Cav"il, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caviled or Cavilled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Caviling or Cavilling.] Etym: [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.]

Definition: To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak.

Cav"il, v. t.

Definition: To cavil at. [Obs.] Milton.

Cav"il, n.

Definition: A captious or frivolous objection. All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak.

Cav"il or Cav"il*er, n.

Definition: One who cavils. Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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