prevarication
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ɪˈkeɪ noun
1.
the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
2.
a false or deliberate misstatement; lie: Her many prevarications had apparently paid off; she was free to go.
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prevaricate (prɪˈværɪˌkeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (intr) to speak or act falsely or evasively with intent to deceive | |
| [C16: from Latin praevāricārī to walk crookedly, from prae beyond + vāricare to straddle the legs; compare Latin vārus bent] | |
| prevari'cation | |
| —n | |
| pre'varicator | |
| —n | |
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prevarication
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
prevarication
late 14c., "divergence from a right course, transgression," from O.Fr. prevaricacion (12c.), from L. praevaricationem (nom. praevaricatio) "a stepping out of line (of duty or behavior)," from praevaricatus, pp. of praevaricari "to make a sham accusation, deviate," lit. "walk crookedly," in Church L.,
"to transgress," from prae "before" + varicare "to straddle," from varicus "straddling," from varus "bowlegged, knock-kneed." Meaning "evasion, quibbling" is attested from 1650s.
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Example sentences
Five years of experience providing art prevarication, layout and editing.
It seems likely that this discrepancy of a week was a reasonable mistake and not an intentional prevarication.
So that the reply seems to have been either an error or a prevarication.
It is not necessarily contradictory or even inconsistent and does not necessarily suggest prevarication.
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