Palatinate
(Pa*lat"i*nate) v. t. To make a palatinate of. [Obs.] Fuller.
Palatine
(Pal"a*tine) a. [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See Palace, and cf. Paladin.] Of or
pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges.
Count palatine,
County palatine.
See under Count, and County. — Palatine hill, or The palatine,
one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See Palace.
Palatine
(Pal"a*tine) n.
1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine,
under 4th Count.
2. The Palatine hill in Rome.
Palatine
(Pal"a*tine), a. [From Palate.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate.
Palatine bones (Anat.),
a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and
between the maxillaries.
Palatine
(Pal"a*tine) n. (Anat.) A palatine bone.
Palative
(Pal"a*tive) a. Pleasing to the taste; palatable. [Obs.] "Palative delights." Sir T. Browne.
Palatize
(Pal"a*tize) v. t. To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a
letter or sound. — Pal`a*ti*za"tion n. J. Peile.
Palato-
(Pal"a*to-) [From Palate.] A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, or connection
with, the palate; as in palatolingual.
Palatonares
(||Pal`a*to*na"res) n. pl. [NL. See Palato-, and Nares.] (Anat.) The posterior nares. See
Nares.
Palatopterygoid
(Pal`a*top*ter"y*goid) a. [Palato- + pterygoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the palatine
and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and
pterygoid bones are developed.
Palaver
(Pa*la"ver) n. [Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L. parabola a comparison, a parable, LL., a
word. See Parable.]
1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate.
This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers.
Carlyle. Palaver
(Pa*la"ver), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Palavering.] To make palaver
with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.
Palavering the little language for her benefit.
C. Bront Palaverer
(Pa*la"ver*er) n. One who palavers; a flatterer.
Pale
(Pale) a. [Compar. Paler ; superl. Palest.] [F. pâle, fr. pâlir to turn pale, L. pallere to be o look
pale. Cf. Appall, Fallow, pall, v. i., Pallid.]