Bible Dictionaries
Equivocate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To render equivocal or ambiguous.

(2):

(a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Equivocate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/equivocate.html. 1828.