Prevaricate: alternatives and connections

To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.

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To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.

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The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

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The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

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The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.

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The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.

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One who prevaricates.

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One who prevaricates.

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To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to u…

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To haggle.

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To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

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