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Definition of: tergiversate
(tûr′ji·vər·sāt′) v.i. ·sat·ed, ·sat·ing
1. To be evasive; equivocate or prevaricate.
2. To change sides, attitudes, etc.; become a renegade; apostatize. [<L tergiversatus, pp. of tergiversari <tergum back + versare turn]
—ter′gi·ver·sa′tor noun
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