Word
Prevaricate
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
pre-var-i-cate
Definition
- v. i. - To shift or turn from one side to the other, from
the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to
shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
- v. i. - To collude, as where an informer colludes with the
defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
- v. i. - To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with
the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
- v. t. - To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
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