prevaricate

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for prevaricate

prevaricate 🔊 /pɹʌvɛˈɹʌkejt/

prevaricate : කරුණු වසන් කරනවා

prevaricate definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
  2. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
  3. To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Transitive verb. To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.