Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To use equivocal language intentionally.
- v. To avoid making an explicit statement. See Synonyms at lie2.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To use words of a doubtful signification; express one's opinions in terms which admit of different interpretations; specifically, to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; prevaricate.
- To render equivocal; render false or lying.
- Having a double signification.
Wiktionary
- v. 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.
- v. To render equivocal or ambiguous.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. 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.
- v. To render equivocal or ambiguous.
WordNet 3.0
- v. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Etymologies
- Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocāre, aequivocāt-, from Late Latin aequivocus, equivocal; see equivocal.
Examples
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘equivocate’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Words
phantasmagoria, eviscerate, avast, simulacrum, varicose, oblique, gestalt, ersatz, vernal, vivace, stellate, synecdoche and 314 more...
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Talk Talk
Words for Talking
squawk, gab, chatter, chitchat, blab, prattle, blather, discuss, hector, plead, cajole, harangue and 189 more...
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The weird, the wonderful and the plain hilarious
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acidulous, aprosdoketon, higgledy-piggledy, lexicographical, ninja, audacious, somnabulist, shivaree, amorphous, quidnunc, glib, melancholy and 353 more...
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falsos amigos - false friends
"false friends (or faux amis) are pairs of words in two languages or dialects (or letters in two alphabets) that look and/or sound similar, but differ in meaning." (wikipedia)
palabras...apposite, equivocate, cupidity, supercilious, voluble, cabal, petulant, truculence, embarrassed, casualty, exit, sunrise and 5 more...
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Words I Intend to use.
selectarian, solastalgia, niefling, eldritch, santagnostic, laborious, obstreperous, quibble, inusitate, cacology, tmesis, cacoethes and 50 more...
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Neue Liste 1
accrue, antecedent, invidious, equivocate, derision, inculcate, fulcrum
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Charlatan's list
oscillate, repugnant, equivocate
Prolagus I am in earnest
I will not equivocate
I will not excuse
I will not retreat a single inch;
and I will be heard.
William Lloyd Garrison Mar 12, 2008
padawan equivocate: to mislead.
equivocarse: to be mistaken. Jan 9, 2008