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Webster 1913 Edition

Tergiversate

Ter′gi-ver-sate

,

Verb.

I.

[L.

tergiversatus

, p. p. of

tergiversari

to turn one’s back, to shift;

tergum

back +

versare

, freq. of

vertere

to turn. See

.]

To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

[R.]

Bailey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tergiversate

TER'GIVERSATE

,

Verb.

I.

[L. tergum, the back, and verto, to turn.]

To shift; to practice evasion. [Little used.]