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What is the verb for prevaricates?

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prevaricate
  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
  2. (intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
  3. (intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
  4. (law, Britain) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. equivocate, hedge, tergiversate, vacillate, stall, pussyfoot, dodge, fence, quibble, temporise, temporize, evade, sidestep, palter, cavil, shuffle, flannel, shilly-shally, be evasive, dodge the issue, be non-committal, beat about the bush, parry questions, hum and haw, sidestep the issue, be vague, duck the issue, shift focus, beat around the bush, stall for time, waffle, fudge, weasel, hesitate, evade the issue, stonewall, sit on the fence, pussyfoot around, duck the question, fudge the issue, dither, procrastinate, blow hot and cold, hem and haw, delay, mince words, avoid the issue, parry, waver, avoid … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “They can dodge or prevaricate or just hang up when dealing with a voice on the phone.”
      “Why should we believe you when it is well known that all lawyers prevaricate?”
      “Bishops obfuscate, cardinals equivocate and Church spokesmen prevaricate as the tide of media condemnation surges around them.”
prevaricates
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevaricate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. equivocates, hedges, tergiversates, vacillates, stalls, pussyfoots, dodges, fences, quibbles, temporises, temporizes, evades, sidesteps, palters, cavils, shuffles, flannels, shilly-shallies, dodges the issue, beats about the bush, parries questions, hums and haws, sidesteps the issue, ducks the issue, beats around the bush, stalls for time, waffles, fudges, weasels, evades the issue, sits on the fence, pussyfoots around, ducks the question, fudges the issue, hesitates, blows hot and cold, stonewalls, hems and haws, minces words, parries, wavers, avoids, ducks, cops out, flip-flops, avoids the issue, dithers, fluctuates, swithers, falters … more
prevaricateth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevaricate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. equivocates, hedges, tergiversates, vacillates, stalls, pussyfoots, dodges, fences, quibbles, temporises, temporizes, evades, sidesteps, palters, cavils, shuffles, flannels, shilly-shallies, dodges the issue, beats about the bush, parries questions, hums and haws, sidesteps the issue, ducks the issue, beats around the bush, stalls for time, waffles, fudges, weasels, evades the issue, sits on the fence, pussyfoots around, ducks the question, fudges the issue, hesitates, blows hot and cold, stonewalls, hems and haws, minces words, parries, wavers, avoids, ducks, cops out, flip-flops, avoids the issue, dithers, fluctuates, swithers, falters … more
prevaricatest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of prevaricate
prevaricated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of prevaricate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. equivocated, hedged, tergiversated, vacillated, stalled, pussyfooted, dodged, fenced, quibbled, temporised, temporized, evaded, sidestepped, paltered, cavilled, caviled, shuffled, flanneled, flannelled, shilly-shallied, dodged the issue, beat about the bush, beaten about the bush, parried questions, hummed and hawed, sidestepped the issue, ducked the issue, beaten around the bush, stalled for time, waffled, fudged, weaselled, weaseled, evaded the issue, sat on the fence, pussyfooted around, ducked the question, fudged the issue, hesitated, stonewalled, hemmed and hawed, minced words, parried, wavered, avoided, ducked, copped out, flip-flopped, dithered, fluctuated … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “At every stage he has lied, prevaricated and obstructed this process of disarmament.”
      “The Provos have prevaricated and there is a general feeling that we should get a move on.”
      “He has prevaricated about officially banning Jemaah Islamiah, which would make it easier to prosecute its members.”
prevaricating
  1. present participle of prevaricate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. equivocating, hedging, tergiversating, vacillating, stalling, pussyfooting, dodging, fencing, quibbling, temporising, temporizing, evading, sidestepping, paltering, cavilling, caviling, shuffling, flanneling, flannelling, shilly-shallying, dodging the issue, beating about the bush, parrying questions, humming and hawing, sidestepping the issue, ducking the issue, beating around the bush, stalling for time, waffling, fudging, weaseling, weaselling, evading the issue, sitting on the fence, pussyfooting around, ducking the question, fudging the issue, hesitating, blowing hot and cold, stonewalling, hemming and hawing, mincing words, parrying, wavering, avoiding, ducking, copping out, flip-flopping, avoiding the issue, dithering … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It is extremely inappropriate for senior politicians to be prevaricating on the issue of corruption.”
      “Aside from our agent, I too was at a loss as to why we were still prevaricating over the deal.”
      “I know I make it appear that I sit around all day wondering what my own skull looks like and prevaricating but I do actually work quite hard.”
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