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Equivocate I Kwiv Uh Kayt Verb Intr Vague Ambiguous Order Mislead

Back equivocate /i-KWIV-uh-kayt/
Front
verb intr.
To be vague or ambiguous, especially in order to mislead.

[From Latin aequi-/equi- (equal) + vocare (to call), from vox (voice). Earliest documented use: 1590.]

"The bishop equivocates and wrings his fat hands and procrastinates." - Susan Wiggs; At the Queen's Summons; Harlequin; 2012.

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