equivocate
(verb)
verb
1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Similar word(s): palter, prevaricate, tergiversate
Definition categories: communication, misinform, mislead
Sentences with equivocate as a verb:
- All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. -Edward Stillingfleet.
- He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. -George Buck.