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Meaning of 'prevaricate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prevaricate [ v. i.]
- 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 prevaricates in his statement.
- To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
- To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
2 . Prevaricate [ v. t.]
- To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

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