A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
Origin
From Anglo-Norman prevaricassion, Middle French prevarication, and their source, Latin praevāricātiō ("collusion with an opponent; transgression; deceit"), from the stem of praevāricor.
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