equivocate

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  1. intransitive verb To use equivocal language intentionally.
  2. intransitive verb To avoid making an explicit statement. See Synonyms at lie2.

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  • Celebrity reporters, masquerading as journalists, who make millions a year give a platform to the powerful and the famous so they can spin, equivocate, and lie.
  • 'In times like this the light greens are going to equivocate, but they will come back when things get better.' —  The Guardian World News
  • She doesn't equivocate, she's just right to the point - attack, attack, attack, get it done. —  Blog@Newsarama
  • People have been speculating about whether Eric Holder would try to equivocate, keep his options open, or otherwise do something to duck the question when he was asked the inevitable, but he did not. by: you @ soon —  Green Mountain Daily - Front Page
  • If I equivocate, I may tumble into a pit of difficulties. —  The Frozen Pirate
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equivocate:   equivocating
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocāre, aequivocāt-, from Late Latin aequivocus, equivocal; see equivocal.

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  1. from Middle Latin æquivocatus, past participle of æquivocari, be called by the same name, have the same sound (later Italian equivocare = Spanish Portuguese equivocar = French équivoquer, equivocate), from Late Latin æquivocus, having the same sound, ambiguous: see equivocal, equivoke.
  2. from Middle Latin æquivocatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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