equivocate
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From Mediaeval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“‘I am called by the same name’”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“‘ambiguous, equivocal’”): confer French équivoquer. See equivocal.
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to equivocate (third-person singular simple present equivocates, present participle equivocating, simple past and past participle equivocated)
- (intransitive) 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.
- All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. -Edward Stillingfleet.
- To render equivocal or ambiguous.
- He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. -George Buck.
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equivocate
- Second-person plural present tense of equivocare.
- Second-person plural imperative of equivocare.
- Feminine plural of equivocato.
