EQUIVOCATE


Meaning of EQUIVOCATE in English

/ ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt; NAmE / verb

[ v speech , v ] ( formal ) to talk about sth in a way that is deliberately not clear in order to avoid or hide the truth

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (in the sense use a word in more than one sense ): from late Latin aequivocat- called by the same name, from the verb aequivocare , from aequivocus , from Latin aequus equally + vocare to call.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.