TERGIVERSE

Meaning of TERGIVERSE in English

ˈtərjə̇ˌvərs intransitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Latin tergiversari

: tergiversate

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

TERGIVERSE — Function: verb 1 Synonyms: DEFECT , apostatize, desert, rat, renounce, repudiate, tergiversate, turn 2 Synonyms: EQUIVOCATE 2, dodge, evade, hedge, …
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TERGIVERSE — verb 1. Synonyms: defect , apostatize, desert, rat, renounce, repudiate, tergiversate, turn 2. Synonyms: equivocate 2, dodge, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, …
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WEASEL — n. Function: verb Synonyms: EQUIVOCATE 2, dodge, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, tergiversate, tergiverse
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TURN — n. Function: verb 1 to move or cause to move in a curved or circular path on or as if …
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TERGIVERSATE — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: DEFECT , apostatize, desert, rat, renounce, repudiate, tergiverse, turn Idioms: fall away from 2 Synonyms: …
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SIDESTEP — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: EQUIVOCATE 2, dodge, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, tergiversate, tergiverse, weasel 2 Synonyms: SKIRT 3, burke, …
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SHUFFLE — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: DISORDER 1, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess (up) 2 Synonyms: EQUIVOCATE …
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REPUDIATE — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: DECLINE 4, disapprove, dismiss, refuse, reject, reprobate, spurn, turn down Contrasted Words: acknowledge, admit, avow, …
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RENOUNCE — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: ABDICATE 1, demit, resign Antonyms: arrogate 2 Synonyms: ABANDON 1, chuck, desert, forsake, quit, throw …
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RAT — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: DEFECT , apostatize, desert, renounce, repudiate, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn 2 Synonyms: INFORM 3, ||nark, peach, …
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PUSSYFOOT — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: SNEAK , creep, glide, gumshoe, lurk, skulk, slide, slink, slip, steal 2 Synonyms: EQUIVOCATE 2, …
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HEDGE — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: EQUIVOCATE 2, dodge, evade, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, tergiversate, tergiverse, weasel 2 Synonyms: ENCLOSE 1, cage, …
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EVADE — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: ESCAPE 2, avoid, bilk, double, duck, elude, eschew, shun, shy Related Words: flee, fly, slip …
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EQUIVOCATE — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: LIE , falsify, fib, palter, prevaricate Related Words: elude, escape, evade 2 to avoid committing …
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DODGE — n. Function: verb 1 to avoid or evade by some maneuver or shift FF1C; dodging in and out among the …
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DESERT — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: ABANDON 1, chuck, forsake, quit, renounce, throw over Related Words: depart, go, leave Contrasted Words: …
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DEFECT — n. Function: verb to desert a cause or party often in order to espouse another FF1C; he defected from the …
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APOSTATIZE — v. Function: verb Synonyms: DEFECT , desert, rat, renounce, repudiate, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn
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WEASEL — I. noun Synonyms: sneak , slink, sneaker, sneaksby II. verb Synonyms: equivocate 2, dodge, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, tergiversate, …
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TURN — I. verb 1. to move or cause to move in a curved or circular path on or as if on …
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SHUFFLE — I. verb 1. Synonyms: disorder 1, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess (up) 2. Synonyms: equivocate 2, …
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RAT — I. noun 1. Synonyms: renegade , apostate, defector, recreant, runagate, tergiversator, turnabout, turncoat 2. Synonyms: snot 1, cur, dog, louse, …
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DESERT — I. noun Synonyms: waste 1, badland, barren, wasteland, wild, wilderness, wild land, wildness II. noun usually deserts plural Synonyms: due …
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DEFECT — I. noun 1. Synonyms: blemish , flaw, vice Related Word: failing, fault, foible, frailty; infirmity, weakness; deficiency, imperfection, shortcoming Contrasted …
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TERGIVERSATE — verb 1. Synonyms: defect , apostatize, desert, rat, renounce, repudiate, tergiverse, turn Idioms: fall away from 2. Synonyms: equivocate 2, …
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SIDESTEP — verb 1. Synonyms: equivocate 2, dodge, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, tergiversate, tergiverse, weasel 2. Synonyms: skirt 3, burke, bypass, circumvent, …
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REPUDIATE — verb 1. Synonyms: decline 4, disapprove, dismiss, refuse, reject, reprobate, spurn, turn down Contrasted words: acknowledge, admit, avow, confess, own …
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RENOUNCE — verb 1. Synonyms: abdicate 1, demit, resign Antonyms: arrogate 2. Synonyms: abandon 1, chuck, desert, forsake, quit, throw over Idioms: …
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PUSSYFOOT — verb 1. Synonyms: sneak , creep, glide, gumshoe, lurk, skulk, slide, slink, slip, steal 2. Synonyms: equivocate 2, dodge, evade, …
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HEDGE — verb 1. Synonyms: equivocate 2, dodge, evade, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, tergiversate, tergiverse, weasel 2. Synonyms: enclose 1, cage, coop, corral, …
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EVADE — verb 1. Synonyms: escape 2, avoid, bilk, double, duck, elude, eschew, shun, shy Related Word: flee, fly, slip (away); foil, …
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