Tergiversate: alternatives and connections

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly diso…

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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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To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

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To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

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of Palter

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of Palter

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The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

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The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

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To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has prev…

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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 or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevar…

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