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Webster 1913 Edition

Equivocate

E-quiv′o-cate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Equivocated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Equivocating
.]
[L.
aequivocatus
, p. p. of
aequivocari
to be called by the same name, fr. L.
aequivocus
: cf. F.
équivoquer
. See
Equivocal
,
Adj.
]
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 use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead;
as, to
equivocate
is the work of duplicity
.
Syn. – To prevaricate; evade; shuffle; quibble. See
Prevaricate
.

E-quiv′o-cate

,
Verb.
T.
To render equivocal or ambiguous.
He
equivocated
his vow by a mental reservation.
Sir G. Buck.

Webster 1828 Edition

Equivocate

EQUIV'OCATE

,
Verb.
I.
To use words of a doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses; to use ambiguous expressions. To equivocate is the dishonorable work of duplicity. The upright man will not equivocate in his intercourse with his fellow men.

Definition 2024

equivócate

equivócate

See also: equivocate

Spanish

Verb

equivócate

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of equivocarse.

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