Definitions for prevaricate
prɪˈvær ɪˌkeɪtpre·var·i·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palterverb

   be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prevaricateverb

   To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

2. prevaricateverb

   To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.

   The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.

3. prevaricateverb

   To behave in an evasive way such as to delay action; to procrastinate.

4. prevaricateverb

   To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

5. Etymology: From the participle stem of praevaricari, from prae- with varicare, from varus, from wā- (the root of ‘various’).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To PREVARICATEverb

   To cavil; to quibble; to shuffle.

   Etymology: prævaricor, Lat. prevariquer, Fr.

   Laws are either disannulled or quite prevaricated through change and alteration of times, yet they are good in themselves. Edmund Spenser.

   He prevaricates with his own understanding, and cannot seriously consider the strength, and discern the evidence of argumentations against his desires. South.

   Whoever helped him to this citation, I desire he will never trust him more; for I would think better of himself, than that he would wilfully prevaricate. Edward Stillingfleet.

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1. prevaricate

   Prevaricate refers to speaking or acting in a way that is intentionally vague, evasive, or misleading, often with the intent to deceive or mislead others. It involves avoiding telling the truth or committing oneself by not giving a direct or clear answer.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prevaricateverb

   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. Prevaricateverb

   to collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution

3. Prevaricateverb

   to undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it

4. Prevaricateverb

   to evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prevaricate

   prē-var′i-kāt, v.i. to shift about from side to side, to evade the truth: to quibble: (obs.) to undertake a thing with the purpose of defeating or destroying it: (law) to betray a client by collusion with his opponent.—v.t. (obs.) to pervert, transgress.—ns. Prēvaricā′tion, the act of quibbling to evade the truth; Prēvar′icātor, one who prevaricates to evade the truth: a quibbler. [L. prævaricāri, -ātus—præ, inten., varicus, straddling—varus, bent.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prevaricate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of prevaricate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prevaricate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prevaricate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prevaricate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevaricate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=prevaricate