equivocate

Verb

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
To render equivocal or ambiguous.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“I am called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.

Synonyms

beat around the bush, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate, adumbrate, evade, shuffle

Scrabble Score: 24

equivocate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
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equivocate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 27

equivocate: valid Words With Friends Word