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To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
To flee by turning one's back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
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abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apostatize, apostatise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disown, renounce, repudiate
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, palter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misinform, mislead
Borrowed from Latin tergiversātus, perfect active participle of tergiversor (“to evade, to avoid, to turn one's back on”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from tergum (“back, hind”) + versor (“to turn”). Compare French tergiverser.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
увъртам
(uvǎrtam)
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Czech:
vytáčet se
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Czech:
vymlouvat se
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Dutch:
eromheen draaien
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Dutch:
uitvluchten zoeken
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Dutch:
schipperen
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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French:
se dérober
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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French:
tergiverser
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Italian:
tergiversare
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Latin:
tergiversor
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Portuguese:
tergiversar
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Romanian:
tergiversa
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Russian:
уклоня́ться
(uklonjátʹsja)
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Russian:
уви́ливать
(uvílivatʹ)
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Russian:
увёртываться
(uvjórtyvatʹsja)
— to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
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Arabic:
اِرْتَدَّ
(irtadda)
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
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Czech:
odpadnout
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
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Czech:
přeběhnout
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
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Dutch:
overlopen
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
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Finnish:
kääntää takkinsa
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
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French:
changer de camp
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
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French:
retourner sa chemise
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
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Russian:
предава́ть
(predavátʹ)
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
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Russian:
отступа́ться
(otstupátʹsja)
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
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Russian:
переметну́ться
(peremetnútʹsja)
— to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize
