Prevaricate

[prɪ'værɪkeɪt] or [prɪ'værə'ket]

Definition

(v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.

(v. i.) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

(v. i.) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

(v. t.) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade the truth, EQUIVOCATE (by loose or indefinite expressions).

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Shuffle, quibble, equivocate, palter, sophisticate, evade

ANT:Affirm, asseverate, maintain, reiterate

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Definition

v.i. to shift about from side to side to evade the truth: to quibble: (obs.) to undertake a thing with the purpose of defeating or destroying it: (law) to betray a client by collusion with his opponent.—v.t. (obs.) to pervert transgress.—ns. Prēvaricā′tion the act of quibbling to evade the truth; Prēvar′icātor one who prevaricates to evade the truth: a quibbler.

Checker: Selma