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1. (v.i.) equivocate
to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usu. to mislead or to avoid commitment; hedge.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < ML aequivocātus, ptp. of aequivocāre; see equivocal , -ate1)
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1. (verb) beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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1. (adj) equivocate
to use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity
2. (verb) equivocate
to render equivocal or ambiguous
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