CAVIL

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak.

2.
v.

To cavil at. [Obs.] Milton.

3.
n.

A captious or frivolous objection. All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak.

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