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Tergiversate – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate.

Usage examples:

The more she tergiversated, the greater grew the ardency of the reporters for an interview
verb

Change one's loyalties; abandon a belief or principle.

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交际

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Weifelen, Afvallig worden, Proberen te ontwijken, Schipperen

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Tergiverser

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Geben

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Tergiversate, स्वपक्षत्यागी होना, स्वमतत्यागी होना, बहाना करना, बहाना लेना, टाल-मटूल करना, हीला-हवाला करना, दुहरी बातें करना, परस्पर विरोधी बातें कहना

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Tergiversare

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테르기베르세이트, 변절하다, 전향하다, 탈당하다

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Увертываться, Быть отступником, Быть предателем, Увиливать

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Tergiversado

Word origin

mid 17th century: from Latin tergiversat- ‘with one's back turned’, from the verb tergiversari, from tergum ‘back’ + vertere ‘to turn’.

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Tergiversate – similar words

tergiversation

noun

The act of making statements that are different from each other, so that they cannot both be true

Usage examples:

His tergiversations suggest a mind uncomfortable with either a western or an eastern identity.
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tergiversating

verb

Make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate.

Usage examples:

The more she tergiversated, the greater grew the ardency of the reporters for an interview
Tergiversating - all meanings in English

tergiversated

verb

Make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate.

Usage examples:

The more she tergiversated, the greater grew the ardency of the reporters for an interview
Tergiversated - all meanings in English

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