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| Matching Terms: | | tergiversation, tergiversator
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- [v] abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
- [v] be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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| | Synonyms: | | apostatise, apostatize, equivocate, palter, prevaricate |
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| | See Also: | | misinform, mislead, renounce, repudiate |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ter"gi*ver*sate\, v. i. [L. tergiversatus, p. p.
of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back +
versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]
To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to
shuffle. [R.] --Bailey.
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