prevaricate

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• UK: /pɹɪˈvaɹɪkeɪt/
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• US: /pɹɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/
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• US: /pɹɪˈvɛɹɪkeɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 V EH1 R AH0 K EY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin praevāricātus, perfect active participle of praevāricor (“to walk crookedly; to play a false or double part”), from prae- + vāricō (“to stand with feet apart, straddle”), from vāricus (“with feet spread apart”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: извъртам (izvǎrtam) — deviate, transgress
• Catalan: prevaricar — deviate, transgress
• Dutch: afwijken — deviate, transgress
• Dutch: terugkrabbelen — deviate, transgress
• French: prévariquer — deviate, transgress
• French: forfaire — deviate, transgress
• Italian: prevaricare — deviate, transgress
• Māori: tītahataha — deviate, transgress
• Polish: kręcić — deviate, transgress
• Polish: lawirować — deviate, transgress
• Portuguese: prevaricar — deviate, transgress
• Chinese Mandarin: 搪塞 (tángsè) — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Dutch: rond de pot draaien — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Finnish: vältellä — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• French: éluder — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• French: se dérober — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• French: être/rester évasif — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Georgian: მიკიბვ-მოკიბვა (miḳibv-moḳibva) — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• German: ausweichen — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• German: Ausflüchte machen — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Hungarian: köntörfalaz — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Hungarian: kertel — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Italian: essere evasivo — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Italian: equivocare — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Kazakh: бұлтақтау (būltaqtau) — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Māori: tītahataha — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Mongolian: булзах (bulzax) — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠯᠵᠠᠬᠤ (bulǰaqu) — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Polish: wykręcać się od odpowiedzi — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Polish: wykręcić się od odpowiedzi — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• Russian: уви́ливать (uvílivatʹ) — shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate
• French: prévariquer — (law) collude
• Polish: zmawiać się — (law) collude
• Polish: zmówić się — (law) collude