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   pre·var·i·cate

   /prēˈverəˌkāt/

   verb

   • 1. speak or act in an evasive way: "he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (earlier (Middle English) as prevarication and prevaricator), in the sense ‘go astray, transgress’: from Latin praevaricat- ‘walked crookedly, deviated’, from the verb praevaricari, from prae ‘before’ + varicari ‘straddle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prevarication noun
   • 2. prevaricator noun

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