e·quiv·o·cate [ i kwívvə kàyt ](past and past participlee·quiv·o·cat·ed, present participlee·quiv·o·cat·ing, 3rd person present singulare·quiv·o·cates)
intransitive verb
Definition:
be deliberately unclear: to speak vaguely or ambiguously, especially in order to mislead When pressed for a firm answer, she equivocated.
[15th century. < late Latin aequivocat-, past participle of aequivocare< aequivocus "ambiguous" < Latin vox "voice"]
