Tergiversate /(?)/

Ter·gi·ver·sate

Tergiversate

v. i.

[L. tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse.]

To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [R.]

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