单词	prevaricate
释义	prevaricatepre‧var‧i‧cate /prɪˈværɪkeɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINprevaricate Origin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of praevaricari ‘to leave a straight course’, from varicari ‘to spread the legs apart’ Verb Table VERB TABLE prevaricate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they prevaricate he, she, it prevaricates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they prevaricated Present perfect I, you, we, they have prevaricated he, she, it has prevaricated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had prevaricated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will prevaricate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have prevaricated Continuous Form Present I am prevaricating he, she, it is prevaricating you, we, they are prevaricating Past I, he, she, it was prevaricating you, we, they were prevaricating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been prevaricating he, she, it has been prevaricating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been prevaricating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be prevaricating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been prevaricating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Judge Greene said Tate was prevaricating to avoid having to testify against his ex-boss. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Without a text to assist them they may prevaricate too long before facing the brutal truth. to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly:  ‘I’m not sure,’ he prevaricated.—prevarication /prɪˌværɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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