- (v.i.) To make merry.
- (v.t.) To stand sponsor to.
- (n.) A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
- (v.i.) To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
- (n.) The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
- (n.) One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
- (v.i.) To prate; to chat; to talk much.
- (n.) A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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