Equivocate

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  • intransitive verb. To use equivocal language to deceive someone or avoid committing oneself to a position. synonym: lie.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having a double signification.
  • To use words of a doubtful signification; express one's opinions in terms which admit of different interpretations; specifically, to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; prevaricate.
  • To render equivocal; render false or lying.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To render equivocal or ambiguous.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. 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.
  • verb. To render equivocal or ambiguous.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
    • Word Usage
    "The safe bet is that Democrats will again equivocate to avoid what would, by necessity, be the impeachment of the Vice President."
    cross-reference
    prevaricate  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    misinform  mislead  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    /mo  anticompetitive  avaunt  avjar  bread-winning  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    about the bush  adumbrate  alternate  around the bush  avoid  
    verb-form
    equivocated  equivocates  equivocating  
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