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- PREVARICATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Prevaricate and its synonyms lie and equivocate all refer to playing fast and loose with the truth Lie is the bluntest of the three When you accuse someone of lying, you are saying that person was intentionally dishonest, no bones about it
- PREVARICATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PREVARICATION definition: 1 the fact of avoiding telling the truth or saying exactly what you think: 2 the fact of… Learn more
- PREVARICATION Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
noun the act of prevaricating, or lying Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication a false or deliberate misstatement; lie Her many prevarications had apparently paid off; she was free to go
- Prevarication - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
Prevarication is when someone tells a lie, especially in a sneaky way A child might use prevarication to avoid telling the whole truth about how the kitchen window got broken
- Prevarication - definition of prevarication by The Free Dictionary
pre·var·i·cat·ed , pre·var·i·cat·ing , pre·var·i·cates v intr 1 To speak or write evasively See Synonyms at lie2 2 To behave in an indecisive
- PREVARICATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision British ministers continued to prevaricate [VERB] After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary
- prevarication noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of prevarication noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- prevarication - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Borrowed from Latin praevāricātiō (“collusion with an opponent; duplicity, deceit; violation of duty, transgression”, literally “stepping out of line”), from praevāricor (“to walk crookedly; go astray; transgress”) + -tās
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