Quibbled

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

  Quibble \Quib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quibbled}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Quibbling}.]
     1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon
        words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or
        impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or
        discourse; to equivocate.


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     2. To pun; to practice punning. --Cudworth.
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     Syn: To cavil; shuffle; equivocate; trifle.
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