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单词 prevaricated
释义

prevaricate

verb

pre·​var·​i·​cate pri-ˈver-ə-ˌkāt How to pronounce prevaricate (audio)
-ˈva-rə-
prevaricated; prevaricating

intransitive verb

: to deviate from the truth : equivocate
prevarication
pri-ˌver-ə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce prevaricate (audio)
-ˌva-rə-
noun
prevaricator
pri-ˈver-ə-ˌkā-tər How to pronounce prevaricate (audio)
-ˈva-rə-
noun

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Prevaricate and its synonyms lie and equivocate all refer to playing fast and loose with the truth. Lie is the bluntest of the three. When you accuse someone of lying, you are saying that person was intentionally dishonest, no bones about it. Prevaricate is less accusatory and softens the bluntness of lie, usually implying that someone is evading the truth rather than purposely making false statements. Equivocate is similar to prevaricate, but it generally implies that someone is deliberately using words that have more than one meaning as a way to conceal the truth.

Synonyms

  • fabricate
  • fib
  • lie
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Example Sentences

Government officials prevaricated about the real costs of the project. during the hearings the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend
Recent Examples on the Web When history’s vicious victors prevaricate about how the West was lost, maybe movies such as Cry Macho, Richard Jewell, The Mule, and The 15:17 to Paris will survive to tell a different, more complicated and compassionate story. Armond White, National Review, 17 Sep. 2021 An enemy would simply prevaricate and bide their time, knowing that the other side can pull back from the brink before it’s too late. Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Aug. 2021 When an administration prevaricates on climate change, the effects won’t be felt for years, and even then will be hard to parse. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2020 Until disclosures are made mandatory, companies are likely to prevaricate. The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019 Until the American public, whom doctors are well placed to inform, steps into this debate to demand action, Congress will continue to prevaricate. Annabelle Timsit, Quartz India, 19 Aug. 2019 Every transfer situation is unique, and, on this particular occasion, why not just pay up instead of needlessly prevaricating? SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019 Anna hemmed and hawed and dissembled and prevaricated and, as the women got increasingly angry, allowed two fat tears to roll down her cheeks. Jessica Pressler, The Cut, 28 May 2018 Meanwhile, Mohamed Nasheed, the former president whose conviction has now been quashed, prevaricated about returning from exile in Sri Lanka. The Economist, 2 Feb. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin praevaricatus, past participle of praevaricari to act in collusion, literally, to straddle, from prae- + varicare to straddle, from varus bowlegged

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

prevaricated

verb

past tense of prevaricate
as in lied
to make a statement one knows to be untrue during the hearings the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • lied
  • fibbed
  • equivocated
  • deceived
  • fabricated
  • tricked
  • perjured
  • duped
  • gulled
  • fooled
  • kidded
  • hoodwinked
  • slandered
  • misled
  • forswore
  • misrepresented
  • deluded
  • cozened
  • fudged
  • beguiled
  • traduced
  • libeled
  • dissembled
  • dissimulated
  • misreported
  • foreswore
  • hoaxed
  • libelled
  • falsified
  • misinformed
  • defamed
  • distorted
  • misstated
  • paltered
  • snowed
  • misguided
  • took in
  • garbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • asserted
  • testified
  • confirmed
  • swore
  • verified
  • validated
  • substantiated
  • authenticated
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