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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equivocate \E*quiv"o*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Equivocated};
p. pr & vb n. {Equivocating}.] [L. aequivocatus p. p. of
aequivocari to be called by the same name fr L. aequivocus:
cf F. ['e]quivoquer. See {Equivocal}, a.]
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. --Bp.
Stillingfleet
Syn: To prevaricate; evade; shuffle; quibble. See
{Prevaricate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equivocate \E*quiv"o*cate\, v. t.
To render equivocal or ambiguous.
He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. --Sir
G. Buck.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
equivocate
v : be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or
withhold information [syn: {tergiversate}, {prevaricate},
{palter}]
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