See prevaricate on Wiktionary
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"(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from)."
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"word": "მიკიბვ-მოკიბვა"
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"word": "prevaricatest"
},
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"word": "prevaricator"
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"name": "der"
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"word": "lie"
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"To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from)."
],
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"(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from)."
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"word": "direct"
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"text": "The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.",
"type": "example"
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"To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate."
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"evasive",
"evasive"
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"(intransitive) To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate."
],
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"word": "equivocate"
},
{
"word": "waffle"
},
{
"word": "evasive"
}
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"tags": [
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"en:Law"
],
"glosses": [
"To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution."
],
"links": [
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"law",
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],
[
"collude",
"collude"
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[
"informer",
"informer"
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[
"defendant",
"defendant"
],
[
"sham",
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"(intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution."
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"To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it."
],
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"(law, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it."
],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/pɹɪˈvaɹɪkeɪt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɹɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"ipa": "/pɹɪˈvɛɹɪkeɪt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"word": "beat about the bush"
},
{
"word": "beat around the bush"
},
{
"word": "equivocate"
},
{
"word": "fabricate"
},
{
"word": "fib"
},
{
"word": "lie"
},
{
"word": "tergiversate"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "prævaricate"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvǎrtam",
"sense": "deviate, transgress",
"word": "извъртам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "deviate, transgress",
"word": "afwijken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "deviate, transgress",
"word": "terugkrabbelen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deviate, transgress",
"word": "prévariquer"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deviate, transgress",
"word": "tītahataha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "deviate, transgress",
"word": "prevaricar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tángsè",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "搪塞"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "rond de pot draaien"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "vältellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "éluder"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "se dérober"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "être/rester évasif"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "miḳibv-moḳibva",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "მიკიბვ-მოკიბვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "ausweichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "Ausflüchte machen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "köntörfalaz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "kertel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "essere evasivo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "equivocare"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "būltaqtau",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "бұлтақтау"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "tītahataha"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bulzax",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "булзах"
},
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "bulǰaqu",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠪᠤᠯᠵᠠᠬᠤ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uvílivatʹ",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "уви́ливать"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(law) collude",
"word": "prévariquer"
}
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"word": "prevaricate"
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"form_of": [
{
"word": "prevaricare"
}
],
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"inflection of prevaricare:",
"second-person plural present indicative"
],
"links": [
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"prevaricare",
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]
],
"tags": [
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"word": "prevaricare"
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],
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"plural",
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]
}
],
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}
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"g": "f-p"
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"lang_code": "it",
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{
"form_of": [
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"word": "prevaricato"
}
],
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"feminine plural of prevaricato"
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"form-of",
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"plural"
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}
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"word": "prevaricar"
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"second-person singular voseo imperative of prevaricar combined with te"
],
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[
"prevaricar",
"prevaricar#Spanish"
],
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"te",
"te#Spanish"
]
],
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}
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