Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To talk idly; babble; chatter.
  • To use flattery; speak wheedlingly.
  • To flatter; wheedle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To prate; to jabber; to babble.
  • intransitive verb obsolete To flatter; to wheedle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To prate; to jabber; to babble.
  • verb obsolete To flatter; to wheedle.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Of Celtic origin; compare Welsh glafr flattery.

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