Definition of Tergeversation
Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion (?), n. [L.
tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation.] 1.
The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge;
evasion.
Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as
being freer from passions and tergiversations. Abp.
Bramhall.
2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy;
change.
The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his
life in the king's service. Clarendon.
Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion (?), n. [L.
tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation.] 1.
The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge;
evasion.
Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as
being freer from passions and tergiversations. Abp.
Bramhall.
2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy;
change.
The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his
life in the king's service. Clarendon.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the act of tergiversating; equivocation
- fickleness; inconsistancy; change
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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