[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cavil \cav"il\ ka^v"i^l, v. i. imp.  p. p. caviled or
   cavilled; p. pr.  vb. n. caviling or cavilling. l.
   cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla
   bantering jests, sophistry: cf. of. caviller.
   to raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault
   without good reason.
   1913 webster

         you do not well in obstinacy
         to cavil in the course of this contract. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
caviled cavilled caviling cavilling 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cavilled
     see cavil
see also:
cavil 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cavil
     n : an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant
         distinctions or objections syn: quibble, quiddity
     v : raise trivial objections syn: carp, chicane
     also: cavilling, cavilled
see also:
quibble quiddity carp chicane cavilling cavilled 

Cavilled >> C Words
Cavilled, definition of term: Cavilled
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Allwords.com Definition of cavilled
...Your Query of 'cavilled' Resulted in 1 Matches. From The AND ... cavilled, cavilling. 1. To make trivial objections to something.. ... ..
http://www.allwords.com/word-cavilled.html, score=100, date indexed=November 29, 2005, 5:12 pm

Cavilled - Dictionary Definition by freesearch
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http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/cavilled, score=86, date indexed=November 11, 2005, 3:28 am

Cambois Colliery Rule Book.
...In the whole working a set of men to be cavilled to two boards next to ... Those who are cavilled to the coal filling in the longwall the first ... ..
http://www.pitwork.net/cambois.htm, score=80, date indexed=January 14, 2006, 10:24 am

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Vol. VI
...... they cavilled at Him merely commanding, they cavilled at Him speaking ... For when the Lord cured with a word, the Jews openly cavilled. For He ... ..
http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/NPNF1-06/npnf1-06-103.htm, score=33, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 8:47 am

CHURCH FATHERS: Sermon 86 on the New Testament (Augustine)
...... they cavilled at Him merely commanding, they cavilled at Him speaking ... For when the Lord cured with a word, the Jews openly cavilled. For He ... ..
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/160386.htm, score=33, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 12:43 am

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall January 3, 2003 12:40 PM
...Had we cavilled with them perhaps they would have withdrawn from part ... ..
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/000824.php, score=26, date indexed=January 17, 2006, 5:10 am

Jesus said listen to what I say and try to understand
...warning to those that cavilled at the disciples, and censured them. It ... that was intended for reproof and warning to those that cavilled at ... ..
http://www.news-reader.org/article.php?group=free.jesus.saves&post_nr=3711, score=26, date indexed=December 16, 2005, 9:58 am

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall September 2, 2002 11:16 AM
...... almost everyone something to grab on to. But if Kissinger cavilled and ... ..
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/001754.php, score=26, date indexed=January 16, 2006, 4:26 pm

6. Futility of attempts to find biographical details in them. IX. Shakespeare: ...
...... and need not be much cavilled at, though it must be observed that the ... ..
http://www.bartleby.com/215/0906.html, score=20, date indexed=December 5, 2005, 12:15 am

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