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Definition of Tergiversate
1. Verb. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
Generic synonyms: Misinform, Mislead
Derivative terms: Equivocation, Equivocation, Equivocation, Equivocator, Paltering, Prevarication, Prevarication, Prevarication, Prevaricator, Tergiversation
2. Verb. Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances.
Generic synonyms: Disown, Renounce, Repudiate
Derivative terms: Apostate, Apostate, Tergiversation
Definition of Tergiversate
1. v. i. To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
Definition of Tergiversate
1. Verb. (intransitive) To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tergiversate
1. [v -SATED, -SATING, -SATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tergiversate
Literary usage of Tergiversate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by John Oswald, Joseph Thomas, James Lynd, John Miller Keagy (1868)
"... a. terse'ness, n. , a. deter'sion, n. '' . f, #. 2. the back.: as, tergiversate,
to shift. ... a. tergiversate ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"В bleat. backslide, vi slide (contextual; rare), lapse, fall, revert, weaken,
tergiversate (rare); spec, refall (rare); see APOSTATIZE, RELAPSE, ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To tergiversate, (ter'-ge-vpr-sale) vn To boggle ; to shift ; to use evasive
expressions. TERGIVERSATION, (ter-ge-ver-sa'-shun) n.«. ..."
4. Belgium: A Personal Narrative by Brand Whitlock (1919)
"But in spite of themselves, we must make happy those who hesitate and who
tergiversate. If we exercise any constraint on them, we exercise it in the most ..."
5. Belgium: A Personal Narrative by Brand Whitlock (1919)
"But in spite of themselves, we must make happy those who hesitate and who
tergiversate. If we exercise any constraint 00 them, ..."
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