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Meanings of tergiversate in inglés

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pare de enrolar
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tergiversar

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

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        apostatar
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        apostatar

        Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances.

              apostatar
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              Examples for "prevaricate"
              Examples for "prevaricate"
              1
              To prevaricate with herself or with him was out of the question.
              Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
              2
              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
              5
              It has not occurred to me to think that you will prevaricate.
              Can You Forgive Her?
              1
              I did not know how to answer, and I would not equivocate.
              The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
              2
              Three other ministers agreed with him except that they did not equivocate.
              Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
              3
              But she did not dare to equivocate as to her precarious state.
              East Lynne
              4
              But never for a moment did he falter, or waver, or equivocate.
              Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler
              5
              To falter, or equivocate, or dissemble to this woman would be wicked.
              Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
              1
              I have found no time to palter with the fripperies of women.
              The Lost Continent
              2
              They only make you forget Jehovah-youfools-youpoor, blind fools-topalter so!
              The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West
              3
              Since murder was that man's intention, why should he palter with small details?
              A Tramp Abroad
              4
              You may be cold enough to palter with fire that has burned you, Theodora.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 / A Magaz...
              5
              When a man is going on my journey he does not palter with truth.
              Simon the Jester
              1
              Central Bank of Ireland governor Patrick Honohan doesn't beat around the bush.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Answering the questions Why do I have to beat around the bush?
              Wired
              3
              These people aren't there to be superficial or beat around the bush.
              Still alice
              4
              Don't beat around the bush, Anna; is it money, or what?
              'Way Down East / A Romance of New England Life
              5
              The governor obviously felt this was no time to beat around the bush.
              News.com.au
              Usage of tergiversate in inglés
              1
              He is well-meaning, but he vacillates; at times he even tergiversates- ashockingthing.
              The Crown of Life
              Translations for tergiversate