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单词 equivocate
释义 equiv·o·cate
\-vəˌkāt, usu -ād.+V\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocatus, past participle of aequivocare, from Late Latin aequivocus
1. : to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
 < avoided both persecution and outright lying by equivocating with their questioners >
2. : to avoid committing oneself in what one says : speak evasively
 < he would anger them with frankness before he would equivocate >
: be willfully misleading especially by the use of double meanings
Synonyms: see lie
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