Prevaricate(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.
Prevaricate(v. i.)
- To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
Prevaricate(v. i.)
- To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
Prevaricate(v. t.)
- To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
Prevarication(n.)
- The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.
Prevarication(n.)
- A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
Prevarication(n.)
- The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
Prevarication(n.)
- A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
Prevarications
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Prevaricative
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