equivocate
verb/ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/US
Etymology
From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“to be called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.
- derived from aequivocus
- derived from aequivocātus
- inherited from equivocaten
Definitions
To speak using double meaning
To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
- All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate.
To render equivocal or ambiguous.
- He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation
The neighborhood
- neighborprevaricate
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for equivocate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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