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Prevaricate - Definition of Prevaricate at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Prevaricate. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. ... Use prevaricate in a Sentence...
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Lie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lie (also called prevarication ) is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others, often with the further intention to maintain a se...
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to prevaricate (third-person singular simple present prevaricates, present participle prevaricating, simple past and past participle prevaricated) ... At the moment of her departure he could prevaricate no longer, and, confessing to the gambling, told her the truth as far as he knew it--that the guineas had been won...
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In Play: You might think that prevaricate is class-determined—you and I merely lie but pop-stars, politicians, pundits and panjandra prevaricate: "It is amazing how agilely and casually business, religious, and political leaders navigate in a world of pretense and prevarication." If you prefer to treat this word...
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Definition of prevaricate from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "prevaricate" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Definition of prevaricate in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of prevaricate. Pronunciation of prevaricate. Translations of prevaricate. prevaricate synonyms, prevaricate antonyms. Information about prevaricate in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... Thinking it professional to prevaricate,
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I think it's a word with shades of meaning, and while in the US it tends to get used simply as "to lie" (as in "All politicians prevaricate"), in the UK it's more often used as a synonym for...
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Definition of prevaricate in the AudioEnglish.net Dictionary. Meaning of prevaricate. What does prevaricate mean? Proper usage of the word prevaricate. Information about prevaricate in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. ... Dictionary entry overview: What does prevaricate mean?
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By Kurt Campbell ... Kurt Campbell is an expert on Asia and security issues who is now chief executive of the Center for a New American Security. He served in the Pentagon in the Clinton administration, in charge of Asia/Pacific issues, and earlier taught at Harvard. ... For all the talk of Americans being an optimistic people,
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