prevaricate
21prevaricate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. lie, quibble, cavil, equivocate, palter. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. equivocate, evade the truth, distort, falsify; see lie 1 . See Synonym Study at lie . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
22prevaricate — pre|var|i|cate [prıˈværıkeıt] v [I and T] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of praevaricari to leave a straight course , from varicari to spread the legs apart ] to try to hide the truth by not answering questions… …
23prevaricate — pre|var|i|cate [ prı verı,keıt ] verb intransitive FORMAL to avoid saying or doing something because you want to cause a delay or hide the truth ╾ pre|var|i|ca|tion [ prı,verı keıʃn ] noun uncount …
24prevaricate — pre·var·i·cate || prɪ værɪkeɪt v. lie, make false statements; speak half truth, embellish the truth; deceive, intentionally mislead …
25prevaricate — v. n. Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade the truth, equivocate, shift …
26prevaricate — verb (I) to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly prevarication noun (C, U) …
27prevaricate — verb you have prevaricated so often through this testimony that the truth has become unrecognizable Syn: be evasive, beat around the bush, hedge, fence, shilly shally, dodge (the issue), sidestep (the issue), equivocate, waffle; temporize, stall… …
28prevaricate — v 1. lie, equivocate, stretch the truth, be untruthful, be a liar, Inf. tell a story, deviate from the truth; fib, euphemize, shilly shally, evade, sidestep; dodge, fence, hedge, beat about the bush; elude, shy, weasel, be evasive, evade the… …
29prevaricate — pre·var·i·cate …
30prevaricate — pre•var•i•cate [[t]prɪˈvær ɪˌkeɪt[/t]] v. i. cat•ed, cat•ing to speak falsely, misleadingly, or so as to avoid the truth; deliberately misstate; equivocate; lie • Etymology: 1575–85; < L praevāricātus, ptp. of praevāricārī to straddle… …
