equivocate

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• US: /ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 K W IH1 V AH0 K EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“to be called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: извъртам (izvǎrtam) — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Finnish: harhauttaa — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Finnish: johtaa harhaan — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Malay: berdolak-dalih — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Polish: wykręcać się od odpowiedzi — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Polish: wykręcić się od odpowiedzi — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Spanish: ser equívoco — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Spanish: hablar equívocamente — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Spanish: hablar con equivocidad — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Swedish: uttrycka sig tvetydigt — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Turkish: kaçamak konuşmak — to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
• Finnish: saattaa kyseenalaiseksi — to render equivocal or ambiguous
• Finnish: kierrellä — to render equivocal or ambiguous
• Finnish: väistää — to render equivocal or ambiguous
• Finnish: pyöritellä — to render equivocal or ambiguous
• Polish: czynić niejasnym — to render equivocal or ambiguous
• Polish: uczynić niejasnym — to render equivocal or ambiguous
• Spanish: hacer equívoco — to render equivocal or ambiguous
• Spanish: dar equivocidad — to render equivocal or ambiguous