prevaricate
verb (used without object)
to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
has prevaricated
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present perfectof prevaricate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Ramaphosa acted decisively against COVID-19 in 2020 - imposing some of the world's toughest restrictions and expanding social welfare to prevent hunger - but has prevaricated on other contentious policy issues.
From Reuters ● Aug. 5, 2022
But, at the same time, it is bitter to know that your pardner has prevaricated to you, and so the sweet and the bitter is mixed all through life.
From Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician by Marietta Holley
"Do I understand you to insinuate that the Marchioness has prevaricated?"
From Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by David Dwight Wells
For, as for the word of the wretch who has betrayed me, it is of no avail; he has prevaricated so notoriously to save himself.
From The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
