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CAVIL

\kˈavə͡l], \kˈavə‍l], \k_ˈa_v_əl]\

Definitions of CAVIL

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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To cavil at.
A captious or frivolous objection.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To cavil at.
A captious or frivolous objection.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To find fault without good reason; followed by at.
A petty or frivolous objection.
Caviler.
Caviled.
Caviling.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A frivolous objection.
CAVILLER.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To object captiously.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To raise frivolous objections; to find fault unreasonably; to wrangle; to carp at.
A false or frivolous objection.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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