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EQUIVOCATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they equivocate ... he / she / it equivocates
Past simple: equivocated
Past participle: equivocated
-ing form: equivocating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Synonyms:
beat around the bush; equivocate; palter; prevaricate; tergiversate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "equivocate" is one way to...):
misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
equivocation (falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language)
equivocation (intentionally vague or ambiguous)
equivocation (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth)
equivocator (a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer)
