Equivocate /(?)/

E·quiv·o·cate

Equivocate

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Equivocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equivocating

  1. To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; 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.
    All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate.
    — Bp. Stillingfleet.

Equivocate

v. t.
  1. To render equivocal or ambiguous.
    He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation.