v. 25B6; verb BE EVASIVE, beat about the bush, hedge, fence, shilly-shally, dodge (the issue), sidestep (the issue), equivocate; temporize, stall (for time); Brit. hum and haw; archaic palter; rare tergiversate.
PREVARICATE
Meaning of PREVARICATE in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012