PREVARICATE


Meaning of PREVARICATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪˈværɪkeɪt ]

v.intr. 1 speak or act evasively or misleadingly. 2 quibble, equivocate. °Often confused with procrastinate. øøprevarication n. prevaricator n. [L praevaricari walk crookedly, practise collusion, in eccl.L transgress (as PRAE-, varicari straddle f. varus bent, knock-kneed)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.