Definition of Prevaricates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of prevaricate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prevaricates

1. prevaricate [v] - See also: prevaricate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevaricates

prevalent
prevalently
prevalents
prevalidate
prevalidated
prevalidates
prevalidating
prevalidation
prevalidations
prevalue
prevalued
prevalues
prevaluing
prevaricate
prevaricated
prevaricates (current term)
prevaricating
prevarication
prevarications
prevaricator
prevaricators
prevascular
preve
preved
prevenancy
prevene
prevened
prevenes
prevenience
preveniences

Literary usage of Prevaricates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Eminent British Lawyers by Henry Roscoe (1830)
"Why, thou vile wretch ! dost thou think, because thou prevaricates! with the court here, that thou canst do so with God above, who knows thy thoughts? ..."

2. Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and by John Parish Robertson, William Parish Robertson (1843)
"Departure from Don Pedro's mansion—He proves something like a Rogue—Shuffles and prevaricates, but assumes an air of Honesty. London, 1842. ..."

3. Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and by John Parish Robertson, William Parish Robertson (1843)
"Departure from Don Pedro's mansion—He proves something like • Rogue—Shuffles and prevaricates, but assumes an air of Honesty. London, 1842. ..."

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