Verb: equivocate i'kwi-vu,keyt
- Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
"Producers equivocate about projects, directors equivocate about stories, and agents equivocate about terms";
- beat around the bush [informal], tergiversate, prevaricate, palter [archaic], beat about the bush [informal], weasel [informal]
Derived forms: equivocated, equivocates, equivocating
Type of: disinform, misinform, mislead
Encyclopedia: Equivocate