I . v. a.
Confuse, jumble, mix, shift, intermix, throw into disorder.
II . v. n.
1.
Prevaricate, quibble, equivocate, cavil, dodge, palter, evade, sophisticate.
2.
Struggle, shift, make shift.
III . n.
Trick, quibble, prevarication, cavil, sophism, evasion, artifice, fraud, shuffling, subterfuge, pretence, pretext, ruse .