Found 2 items, similar to tergiversate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tergiversate tergiversate v 1: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information [syn: beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, palter] 2: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances [syn: apostatize, apostatise]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tergiversate Tergiversate \Ter"gi*ver*sate\, v. i. [L. tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse.] To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [R.] --Bailey. [1913 Webster]