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Significados de prevaricate en inglés

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

pare de enrolar

To knowingly say something that is untrue.

To evade the truth; to be intentionally ambiguous.

Uso de prevaricate en inglés
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To prevaricate with herself or with him was out of the question.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
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Demosthenes would never turn aside or prevaricate, either in word or deed.
The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch / Being Parts of the "Lives" of Pl...
3
I felt bound to prevaricate, for the sake of my own peace.
Big Game: A Story for Girls
4
He should have no opportunity to prevaricate if I once challenged him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844
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It has not occurred to me to think that you will prevaricate.
Can You Forgive Her?
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But- Imakethe confession amid blushes- Icannotprevaricate, neither can I dissemble.
The House / An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer,...
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Thinking it professional to prevaricate, he murmured something about a nervous breakdown.
Howards End
8
There was only one way out of it,-toprevaricate to them both.
The King's Achievement
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Hodges considers his options, which are only two: tell the truth or prevaricate.
End of Watch
10
He quickly conquered the human sentiment which prompted him to prevaricate, and replied:
The Saint
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Hal felt it useless to prevaricate, and so she said, with assumed lightness:
Winding Paths
12
Thus unexpectedly attacked, her answer slipped out before she had time to prevaricate.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn
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Finding it was no use now to prevaricate, Israel boldly confesses himself a prisoner-of-war.
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
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And now, prevaricate no longer; it is useless and renders you still more infamous.
Prince Eugene and His Times
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She hardly knows she is going to prevaricate; the false statement comes out suddenly.
Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens...
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Krantz was tempted to prevaricate, but Schmidt was a power in the Central Hotel.
One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York
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Prevaricate a través del tiempo
Prevaricate por variante geográfica
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