Definition of Tergeversate
Ter"gi*ver*sate (?), v. i. [L.
tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to
shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to
turn. See Verse.] To shift; to practice evasion; to use
subterfuges; to shuffle. [R.] Bailey.
Ter"gi*ver*sate (?), v. i. [L.
tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to
shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to
turn. See Verse.] To shift; to practice evasion; to use
subterfuges; to shuffle. [R.] Bailey.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (intransitive) To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate.
- (intransitive) To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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