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Word: Equivocate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘use a word in more than one sense’): from late Latin aequivocat- ‘called by the same name’, from the verb aequivocare, from aequivocus (see equivocal)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
Short Definition:use ambiguous language so as to conceal truth or avoid committing oneself
Examples:- the government have equivocated too often in the past
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