equivocate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To render equivocal or ambiguous.

   He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation.

Simplified etymology

Equivocate dates from late Middle English and ultimately draws on Latin vocare, “to call.” Its literal sense is “call by the same name.”

From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“to be called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.

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