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Definition of Tergiversating
1. tergiversate [v] - See also: tergiversate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tergiversating
Literary usage of Tergiversating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The act of tergiversating; a shitting; shift; subterfuge ; evasion. Writing is
to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"... must be no honey-laden but a honey-gathering one—a wandering, meandering,
tergiversating fellow. The reason for this is evident. ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1899)
"... long- winded and tergiversating diatribes, and all the documents ; the volume
of which alone will deter an European reader from ever opening it. ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1899)
"... long- winded and tergiversating diatribes, and all the documents ; the volume
of which alone will deter an European reader from ever opening it. ..."
5. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1877)
"... secret hostility to him and his doctrine, and declares that he prefers an open
foe like Eck to a tergiversating person, now friendly and now hostile. ..."
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