| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Equivocate.[Websters]
2. To have prevaricated or pussyfooted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have shuffled or tergiversated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have eluded, shirked, sidestepped or obviated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have evaded, balked or interrupted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have fudged or fiddled.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb equivocate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (equivocate) | 1. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.[Wordnet]. 2. To render equivocal or ambiguous.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: equivocating, equivocated, equivocates, equivocator, equivocators, equivocatingly and equivocatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"EQUIVOCATED" is a common misspelling or typo for: equivocates. |
Date "EQUIVOCATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1745. (references) |
Specialty Definition: equivocate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To use words of a doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses; to use ambiguous expressions. To equivocate is the dishonorable work of duplicity. The upright man will not equivocate in his intercourse with his fellow men.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (intransitive) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity. All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. -Bp. Stillingfleet. (references) | 2: [Verb] To render equivocal or ambiguous. He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. -Sir G. Buck. (references) | |
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