equivocate

Meaning

Verb

  • To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive
  • To render equivocal or ambiguous.

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Origin

  • From Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō, from Late Latin aequivocus: compare French équivoquer. See equivocal.

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