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1. (v.i.) prevaricate
to speak falsely, misleadingly, or so as to avoid the truth; deliberately misstate; equivocate; lie.
Etymology: (1575–85; < L praevāricātus, ptp. of praevāricārī to straddle something, (of an advocate) collude with an opponent's advocate)
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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. (verb) prevaricate
to shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement
2. (verb) prevaricate
to collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution
3. (verb) prevaricate
to undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it
4. (verb) prevaricate
to evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert
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