prevaricate
Meaning of prevaricate
- speak or act in an evasive way.
he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions
mid 16th century (earlier (Middle English) as prevarication and prevaricator ), in the sense ‘go astray, transgress’: from Latin praevaricat- ‘walked crookedly, deviated’, from the verb praevaricari, from prae ‘before’ + varicari ‘straddle’.
Information about prevaricate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of prevaricate is: prevaricates.
- Languages in which prevaricate is used:
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Hyphenation of prevaricate
pre-var-i-cate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- prevaricate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
prevaricate synonyms
Meaning beat around the bush:
equivocate, tergiversate, palter
Meaning surround with a hedge:
Meaning conduct a discussion or argument in an evasive way:
Meaning walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground:
Meaning act in a cautious or non-committal way:
Meaning waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive:
Meaning argue or raise objections about a trivial matter:
Meaning make petty or unnecessary objections:
Meaning (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface:
Meaning avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time:
Meaning (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine:
Translation of prevaricate
- German: lügen, flunkern, schwindeln
- French: mentir, équivoquer, éluder
- Portuguese: mentir
- Spanish: mentir, ocultar
- Italian: mentire, tergiversare
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