prevaricate
vi . 支吾其辞,搪塞,撒谎
支吾其辞,搪塞,撒谎
prevaricate v 1 :
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information [
synonym : {
beat around the bush },
{
equivocate }, {
tergiversate }, {
prevaricate }, {
palter }]
Prevaricate \
Pre *
var "
i *
cate \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Prevaricated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Prevaricating }.] [
L .
praevaricatus ,
p .
p .
of praevaricari to walk crookedly ,
to collude ;
prae before varicare to straddle ,
fr .
varicus straddling ,
varus bent .
See {
Varicose }.]
1 .
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
He prevaricates with his own understanding . --
South .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Civil Law )
To collude ,
as where an informer colludes with the defendant ,
and makes a sham prosecution .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Eng .
Law )
To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully ,
with the purpose of defeating or destroying it .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
To evade ;
equivocate ;
quibble ;
shuffle .
Usage : {
Prevaricate }, {
Evade }, {
Equivocate }.
One who evades a question ostensibly answers it ,
but really turns aside to some other point .
He who equivocate uses words which have a double meaning ,
so that in one sense he can claim to have said the truth ,
though he does in fact deceive ,
and intends to do it .
He who prevaricates talks all round the question ,
hoping to "
dodge "
it ,
and disclose nothing .
[
1913 Webster ]
Prevaricate \
Pre *
var "
i *
cate \,
v .
t .
To evade by a quibble ;
to transgress ;
to pervert . [
Obs .]
--
Jer .
Taylor .
[
1913 Webster ]
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "
prevaricate ":
around the bush ,
back and fill ,
be untruthful ,
beat about ,
beg the question ,
belie ,
bicker ,
boggle ,
cavil ,
choplogic ,
deceive ,
dodge ,
draw the longbow ,
duck ,
equivocate ,
evade ,
evade the issue ,
exaggerate ,
falsify ,
fence ,
fib ,
garble ,
hedge ,
hem and haw ,
hum and haw ,
lie ,
lie flatly ,
mince the truth ,
mince words ,
mislead ,
misrepresent ,
mystify ,
nitpick ,
obscure ,
palter ,
parry ,
pick nits ,
pussyfoot ,
quibble ,
shift ,
shuffle ,
shy ,
sidestep ,
speak falsely ,
split hairs ,
story ,
stretch the truth ,
tell a lie ,
tergiversate ,
waffle ,
weasel
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