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

palaver \pala"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.
   1913 webster

         palavering the little language for her benefit. --c.
                                                  bront'e
   1913 webster
see also:
palavered palavering 

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

palaver \pala"ver\, n. sp. palabra, or pg. palavra, fr. l.
   parabola a comparison, a parable, ll., a word. see
   parable.
   1913 webster
   1. talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk
      intended to deceive; flattery.
      1913 webster

   2. in africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a
      public conference and deliberation; a debate.
      1913 webster

            this epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers.
                                                  --carlyle.
      1913 webster
see also:
parable 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

palaver
     n 1: flattery intended to persuade syn: blandishment, cajolery
     2: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" syn: hot
        air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric
     v 1: speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
          syn: chatter, piffle, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle,
           clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle,
           blabber, gabble
     2: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
        flattering; "he palavered her into going along" syn: wheedle,
         cajole, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
     3: have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of
        different backgrounds
see also:
blandishment cajolery hot air empty words empty talk rhetoric 
chatter piffle prate tittle-tattle twaddle 
clack maunder prattle blab gibber 
tattle blabber gabble wheedle cajole 
blarney coax sweet-talk inveigle 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

248 moby thesaurus words for "palaver":
   absurdity, accents, adulate, adulation, advise with, affair,
   amphigory, audience, babble, babblement, balderdash, bargain,
   bargaining, bargaining session, bavardage, beslobber, beslubber,
   bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blandish, blandishment,
   blarney, blather, blether, blethers, bombast, bother, bull session,
   bunkum, business, cackle, cajole, cajolement, cajolery, call in,
   cant, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chinfest, chitter-chatter,
   clack, claptrap, clatter, collogue, colloquium, colloquy, comment,
   compare notes, compliment, conceit, concern, conclave, confab,
   confabulate, confabulation, confer, confer with, conference,
   confrontation, congress, consult, consult with, consultation,
   convention, conversation, converse, council, council fire,
   council of war, counsel, deliberate, dialogue, dictionary,
   discourse, discuss, discuss with, discussion, dither, double-talk,
   drivel, drool, duologue, elocution, exchange observations,
   exchange of views, exchange views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter,
   eyewash, fair words, fawn upon, fawning, fiddle-faddle,
   fiddledeedee, flatter, flattery, flummery, folderol, fudge,
   fustian, gab, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gas, get together,
   get-together, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, go on,
   gobbledygook, gossip, grease, guff, gush, have conversations,
   haver, high-level talk, hocus-pocus, hold conference,
   honeyed phrases, honeyed words, hot air, huddle, humbug, idle talk,
   incense, interchange of views, interview, jabber, jargon, jaw,
   jawing, language, lexicon, lookout, make fair weather, meet,
   meeting, mere talk, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, natter, negotiate,
   negotiations, news conference, niaiserie, nonsense, nonsense talk,
   nuisance, occasions, oil, oil the tongue, oral communication,
   pack of nonsense, palavering, parley, parole, patter, performance,
   pour forth, pourparler, powwow, praise, prate, prating, prattle,
   prattling, press conference, pretty lies, prittle-prattle,
   procedure, put heads together, question-and-answer session,
   ramble on, rant, rap session, rapping, rattle, rattle on,
   reason with, red tape, reel off, refer to, rigamarole, rigmarole,
   rodomontade, round table, rubbish, run on, seance, seminar,
   session, shoot the breeze, sit down together, sit down with,
   sitting, skimble-skamble, slobber over, small talk, soap,
   soft soap, song and dance, speaking, speech, spout, spout off,
   stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, summit, summit conference,
   summitry, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sycophancy,
   take counsel, take up with, talk, talk away, talk nonsense,
   talk on, talk over, talkee-talkee, talkfest, talking,
   tittle-tattle, to-do, trash, trialogue, trumpery, twaddle, twattle,
   twiddle-twaddle, vaporing, vocabulary, waffle, waffling, wheedle,
   wheedling, words, yak, yakkety-yak, yakking

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