prevaricate ●○○○○
FORMALGRE
pre‧var‧i‧cate /prɪˈværəkeɪt, prɪˈværɪkeɪt/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
دو پهلو حرف زدن، طفره رفتن، زبان بازی کردن، دروغ گفتن
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Synonyms & Related Wordsprevaricate[verb]Synonyms: evade, beat about the bush, cavil, deceive, dodge, equivocate, flannel
(Brit. informal), hedge
Related Words: belie,
garble,
misrepresent [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarypre‧var‧i‧cate /prɪˈværəkeɪt, prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
verb [intransitive and transitive] formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of praevaricari 'to leave a straight course', from varicari 'to spread the legs apart']
to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly:
‘I’m not sure,’ he prevaricated.—prevarication /prɪˌværəˈkeɪʃ
ən, prɪˌværɪˈkeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲