Definition of cavil

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Cavil (v. t.) To cavil at.

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Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot..
Cavilled :: Cavilled () of Cavi.
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Findfaulting :: Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.
Caviler :: Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caville.
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
Cavilous :: Cavilous (a.) Alt. of Cavillou.
Word-catcher :: Word-catcher (n.) One who cavils at words.
Carp :: Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..
Critic :: Critic (n.) One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.
Cavil :: Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry..
Disputative :: Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper..
Fallax :: Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.
Cavilling :: Cavilling () of Cavi.
Argutation :: Argutation (n.) Caviling; subtle disputation.
Caviling :: Caviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cavi.
Cavil :: Cavil (v. t.) To cavil at.
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