Prevaricate



verb — past tense: prevaricated ; past participle: prevaricated ; present participle: prevaricating ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) (To ten lies to speak evasively) កុហក់, ភូតភរ
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: prevaricated ; past participle: prevaricated ; present participle: prevaricating ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.