CAVIL
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Cav"il (kăv"ĭl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caviled or Cavilled (&unr_;); 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.
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You do not well in obstinacy
To cavil in the course of this contract.
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Cav"il, v. t. To cavil at. [Obs.] Milton.
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Cav"il, n. A captious or frivolous objection.
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All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief.
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