Trifled

Trifled
Trifle Tri"fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trifling}.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See {Trifle}, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. [1913 Webster]

They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]

{To trifle with}, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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