0 past simple and past participle of prevaricate
1 to avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think:
Caesar and his colleagues prevaricated in the face of the company challenges.
We all know how it has been prevaricated.
Governments of all political persuasions have prevaricated far too long on regional pay supplements.
Even then, the bank delayed, blocked and prevaricated.
They have had time enough to consider it, but they have prevaricated.
The civil servants prevaricated and justified the existing situation.
They prevaricated for so long that they were still dithering and deciding that they could not do anything when they lost the general election.
We want to protect him against any possibility of being scared, or being prevaricated against.
