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What (who) is Prevaricate - definition
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Prevaricator; Prevaricate; Prevaricated; Prevaricates; Prevaricating; Prevarications; Prevarication (disambiguation)
prevaricate
v. n.
Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade the truth, equivocate, shift.
prevaricate
[pr?'var?ke?t]
¦ verb speak or act evasively.
Derivatives
prevarication noun
prevaricator noun
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as prevarication and prevaricator), in the sense 'go astray, transgress': from L. praevaricat-, praevaricari 'walk crookedly, deviate'.
Usage
Prevaricate and procrastinate have similar but not identical meanings. Prevaricate means 'act or speak in an evasive way', as in he prevaricated at the mention of money. Procrastinate, on the other hand, means 'put off doing something', as in the Western powers will procrastinate until it is too late.
prevaricate
(prevaricates, prevaricating, prevaricated)
If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision.
British ministers continued to prevaricate.
VERB: V
• prevarication (prevarications)
After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
Wikipedia
Prevarication
Prevarication is avoidance of the truth. Prevarication can include, or be part of:
- Deception
- Evasion (ethics)
- Waffle (speech)
Examples of use of Prevaricate
1. The source added: "There is a danger that if you prevaricate and prevaricate, you will get to executive release.
2. It sounds like the caring capitalism we should encourage but they prevaricate; might members find it preachy?
3. We should rid ourselves of an irrational regulatory patchwork that distorts campaigns and encourages candidates to prevaricate about "coordinated" vs.
4. The RIIA report said Iran would continue to "prevaricate" in the nuclear dispute, confident in its position.
5. If the Mail‘s market is indeed the goal, why prevaricate further over a move to tabloid format?