palaver
noun
a conference or discussion.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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"She has been palavering you over," he said, in a tone more like displeasure than he had ever used towards her.
From Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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