| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| tergiversate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ter·giv·er·sate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t r-j v r-s t , tûrj-vr- |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ter·giv·er·sat·ed, ter·giv·er·sat·ing, ter·giv·er·sates
1. To use evasions or ambiguities; equivocate. 2. To change sides; apostatize. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin tergiversr , tergiverst- : tergum, the back + versre, to turn; see wer-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | tergi·ver·sation —NOUN
tergi·ver·sator (-str) —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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