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Definition of cavil verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cavil

verb

NAmE//ˈkævl//

[intransitive] cavil (at something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cavil

he / she / it cavils

past simple caviled (Canadian English usually)cavilled

-ing form caviling (Canadian English usually)cavilling

to make unnecessary complaints about something synonym quibble Several countries caviled at the cost of the project.

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