equivocator

Variant of equivocate

intransitive verb equivocated, equivocating

to use equivocal terms in order to deceive, mislead, hedge, etc.; be deliberately ambiguous

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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