Equivocate1. (v.) To use words of equivocal or double meaning; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
2. (v. t.) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
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