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Значения термина prevaricate на английском

португальский
pare de enrolar
каталонский
tergiversar

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

        pare de enrolar

        To knowingly say something that is untrue.

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              Examples for "equivocate"
              Examples for "equivocate"
              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
              1
              He is well-meaning, but he vacillates; at times he even tergiversates- ashockingthing.
              The Crown of Life

              To evade the truth; to be intentionally ambiguous.

                    Использование термина prevaricate на английском
                    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?
                    6
                    But- Imakethe confession amid blushes- Icannotprevaricate, neither can I dissemble.
                    The House / An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer,...
                    7
                    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
                    9
                    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
                    11
                    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
                    13
                    Finding it was no use now to prevaricate, Israel boldly confesses himself a prisoner-of-war.
                    Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
                    14
                    And now, prevaricate no longer; it is useless and renders you still more infamous.
                    Prince Eugene and His Times
                    15
                    She hardly knows she is going to prevaricate; the false statement comes out suddenly.
                    Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens...
                    16
                    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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                    Translations for prevaricate
                    каталонский
                    tergiversar
                    Prevaricate через время
                    Prevaricate в диалектах
                    Великобритания
                    Частое