equivocate | English to English Dictionary

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equivocate

(/I/'kw/I/v/@/,k/eI/t )

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information(verb.communication)

Synonym:
beat around the bush, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To render equivocal or ambiguous.(verb)

source: webster1913

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