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e·quiv·o·cate    Audio Help   [i-kwiv-uh-keyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < ML aequivocātus, ptp. of aequivocāre; see equivocal, -ate1]

—Related forms
e·quiv·o·cat·ing·ly, adverb
e·quiv·o·ca·tor, noun

—Synonyms evade, stall, dodge.
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