-vəˌkāt, usu -ād.+V intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocatus, past participle of aequivocare, from Late Latin aequivocus
1. : to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
avoided both persecution and outright lying by equivocating with their questioners
2. : to avoid committing oneself in what one says : speak evasively
he would anger them with frankness before he would equivocate
: be willfully misleading especially by the use of double meanings
Synonyms: see lie