EQUIVOCATE

v. 25B6; verb PREVARICATE, be evasive, be non-committal, be vague, be ambiguous, dodge the issue, beat about the bush, hedge one's bets, pussyfoot around; vacillate, shilly-shally, waver; temporize, hesitate, stall; Brit. hum and haw; informal sit on the fence, duck the issue; rare tergiversate.