Definizione monolingua

prevaricate

prevaricate (third-person singular simple present prevaricates, present participle prevaricating, simple past and past participle prevaricated)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
2. (intransitive) 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.

3. (intransitive) To behave in an evasive way such as to delay action; to procrastinate.
   • 1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, Book 4, ch 1:

     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.

4. (intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

Definizione dizionario prevaricate

	prevaricare
	To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate

	mentire
	Dire coscientemente qualcosa che è falso.
	To knowingly say something that is untrue.

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Altri significati:

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

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

(intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

(intransitive) To behave in an evasive way such as to delay action; to procrastinate.

To evade the truth; to be intentionally ambiguous.