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Antonyms for equivocate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-kwiv-uh-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈkwɪv əˌkeɪt



Definition of equivocate

Origin :
  • early 15c., equivocaten, from Medieval Latin equivocatus, past participle of equivocare "to call by the same name," from Late Latin aequivocus (see equivocation). Related: Equivocated; equivocating.
  • verb avoid an issue
Example sentences :
  • At least I equivocated, and to equivocate with one so loyal and simple was to deceive him.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • She could not equivocate, neither could she go into details of a family history.
  • Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
  • Why suffer that lip I have kissed a thousand times to equivocate?
  • Extract from : « The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories » by Mark Twain
  • I could not equivocate with this woman, I could no more lie to her sorrow than to the Judgment.
  • Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill
  • How could she equivocate, with her child lying dead in the house.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of Ashlydyat » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • She looked at him, did not dare to equivocate, and bent her head in acquiescence.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Gives » by Owen Johnson
  • But be sure you do not equivocate in the question of this girl.
  • Extract from : « Married Life » by John Baldwin Buckstone
  • They might therefore deem it prudent to equivocate as a matter of safety.
  • Extract from : « An Address to Men of Science » by Richard Carlile
  • So speaking, whether thinkingly or unthinkingly, they equivocate—they lie!
  • Extract from : « Red as a Rose is She » by Rhoda Broughton
  • I have no patience with those who quibble and equivocate in regard to their having been seasick.
  • Extract from : « Europe Revised » by Irvin S. Cobb

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