tergiversate

verbid 22038·updated Jun 3, 2026

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be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

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Analyze72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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10 surface forms

synonym: apostatiseapostatizebeat around the bushequivocatepalterprevaricate
pasttense: tergiversated
presentparticiple: tergiversating
thirdpersonsingular: tergiversates
pastparticiple: tergiversated

3 senses across 2 frameworks

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →

§1: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
§2: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →

§1 · legacy_primary: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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