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   Ter·gi·ver·sate

   /ˈtərjəvərˌsāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate: "the more she tergiversated, the greater grew the ardency of the reporters for an interview"
   • 2. change one's loyalties; be apostate.

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. tergiversation noun
   • 2. tergiversator noun

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