to prevaricate

English - Turkish

Definition of to prevaricate in English Turkish dictionary

lafı kıvırmak

{f} kaçamak cevap vermek

boğuntuya getirmek

kaçamak yanıtlarla gerçeği gizlemeye çalışmak

kaçamak cevap ver

{f} kaçamaklı söz söylemek

{f} yalan söylemek

{f} kaçamak cevaplar vermek

{f} k.dili. yalan söylemek

English - English

Definition of to prevaricate in English English dictionary

To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution

To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from)

To behave in an evasive way such as to delay action; to procrastinate

At the moment of her departure he could prevaricate no longer, and, confessing to the gambling, told her the truth as far as he knew it--that the guineas had been won by Wildeve.

To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous

The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.

to use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention

{v} to cavil, shuffle, quibble, waver

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

To shift or turn from the direct course, or from truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous

If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision. British ministers continued to prevaricate. + prevarication prevarications pre·vari·ca·tion After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made. to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly (past participle of praevaricari , from varicari )

To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert

{f} lie, make false statements; speak half-truth, embellish the truth; deceive, intentionally mislead

To speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble

To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it

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

Hyphenation

to pre·va·ri·cate