tergiversate
[verb]
Synonyms: defect, apostatize, desert, rat, renounce, repudiate, tergiverse, turn, equivocate, dodge, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, weasel

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Related Idioms: fall away from, beg the question

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ter·giv·er·sate (tər-jĭvər-sāt, tûrjĭ-vər-)
intr.v. ter·giv·er·sat·ed, ter·giv·er·sat·ing, ter·giv·er·sates
► To use evasions or ambiguities; equivocate.
► To change sides; apostatize.

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tergiversate
[Latin tergiversārī, tergiversāt-  : tergum, the back + versāre, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European Roots.]

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tergiversate
tergi·ver·sation n.
tergi·ver·sator (-sātər) n.

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