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v. - Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.

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Usage examples (39)
  • I am in earnest. I will not equivocate, I will not excuse. I will not retreat to a single inch and I will be heard.
  • Verb (used without object), : When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated
  • There is also another meaning of the word equivocate in popular usage.
  • This is too Serious a Subject, to equivocate about.
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