prevaricate

intr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See synonyms at lie².

[Latin praevāricārī, praevāricāt- : prae-, pre- + vāricāre, to straddle (from vāricus, straddling , from vārus, bent).]

prevarication pre·var'i·ca'tion n.
prevaricator pre·var'i·ca'tor n.

verb

1. To stray from truthfulness or sincerity: equivocate, palter, shuffle. See true/false.
2. To make untrue declarations: falsify, fib, forswear, lie². Law perjure. See true/false.

v

Definition: deceive; stretch the truth
Antonyms: tell truth

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A liar in the caterpillar estate.

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IN BRIEF: To lie.

You will always be found out by your parents if you prevaricate.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - svare undvigende

Nederlands (Dutch)
(waarheid) omzeilen

Français (French)
v. intr. - user d'équivoques, tergiverser

Deutsch (German)
v. - Ausflüchte machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανακριβολογώ, ψεύδομαι, (καθομ.) υπεκφεύγω, τα μασάω

Italiano (Italian)
tergiversare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - prevaricar, mentir

Русский (Russian)
уклоняться, изворачиваться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - andar con rodeos, tergiversar, prevaricar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - svara undvikande, slingra sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
支吾其辞, 撒谎, 搪塞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 支吾其辭, 撒謊, 搪塞

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 얼버무려 넘기다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 言い紛らす, うそをつく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يراوغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התחמק מלומר אמת, שיקר, אמר חצאי-אמת‬

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