0 past simple and past participle of equivocate
1 to speak in a way that is intentionally not clear and confusing to other people, especially to hide the truth:
Participants used filled pauses, surprisingly, in the condition within which they equivocated the least, although they produced other dysfluencies (combined) within conditions where they equivocated the most.
That is why we have equivocated and procrastinated all along the line.
He equivocated on that question when he opened today's debate.
Those people who equivocated cid not do so well.
He equivocated in response to three interventions.
I have not equivocated on that matter.
His recommendation was accepted in principle by the government, but the parliamentary committee equivocated on the location.
Behan's testimony was significant, since he was a prime witness for the prosecution but had equivocated on this point.
