Equivocate is defined as to use vague language in order to mislead or deceive.
(verb)An example of equivocate is a teenage girl telling her parents she's staying the night at a friend's house, when really she's staying at her boyfriend's house.
See equivocate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb equivocated, equivocating
Origin: ME equivocaten < ML aequivocatus, pp. of aequivocari, to have the same sound < LL aequivocus, of like sound < L aequus (see equal) + vox, voice
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intransitive verb e·quiv·o·cat·ed, e·quiv·o·cat·ing, e·quiv·o·cates
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Origin: Middle English equivocaten
Origin: , from Medieval Latin aequivocāre, aequivocāt-
Origin: , from Late Latin aequivocus, equivocal; see equivocal
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