Associations to the word «Prevaricate»
Wiktionary
PREVARICATE, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) (obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
PREVARICATE, verb. (intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
PREVARICATE, verb. (intransitive) (legal) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
PREVARICATE, verb. (legal) (UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
Dictionary definition
PREVARICATE, verb. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
Wise words
Think twice before you speak, because your words and
influence will plant the seed of either success or failure
in the mind of another.