equivocate
verb (used without object)
to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge.
was equivocating
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past progressiveof equivocate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It didn’t sound like my Dinky-Dunk of old, for I knew that he was equivocating and making excuses, that he was engineering our ill luck into an apology for worse conduct.
From The Prairie Mother by Arthur E. Becher
She was equivocating to him on her death-bed.
From East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood
He knew he was equivocating but was fearful that if he said a hundred thousand she would take alarm.
From Her Weight in Gold by George Barr McCutcheon
