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PREVARICATE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they prevaricate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it prevaricates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: prevaricated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: prevaricated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: prevaricating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold informationplay

Synonyms:

beat around the bush; equivocate; palter; prevaricate; tergiversate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "prevaricate" is one way to...):

misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

prevarication (the deliberate act of deviating from the truth)

prevarication (intentionally vague or ambiguous)

prevarication (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)

prevaricator (a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly)

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