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tergiversate

verb

1 tergiversate

Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.

synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate.

Dutch: liegen, om iets heen draaien, dubbelzinnig spreken, terugkrabbelen, om de hete brei dansen, rond de pot draaien, afwijken, draaien

2 tergiversate

Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances.

synonyms: apostatise, apostatize.

Dutch: afvallen


Moby thesaurus: alternate, apostatize, around the bush, back and fill, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, change, choplogic, come round, desert, dither, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade ... show more.

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