equivocating

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A form of equivocate — To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of equivocate
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    Taken off his guard by a question so abrupt, yet, at the same time, not in the least equivocating, viewing deeply the consequences and unpleasant effects that might arise were he to reply by an affirmative, he hesitated not to give a positive denial, asserting that such an idea had never entered his thoughts.

    1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 169–170
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APA

equivocating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equivocating

MLA

“equivocating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equivocating. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “equivocating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equivocating.

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