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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -tergiversating-, *tergiversating*, tergiversat
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
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WordNet (3.0)
apostasy(n) the act of abandoning a party for cause, Syn. tergiversation
apostatize(v) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances, Syn. apostatise, tergiversate
beat around the bush(v) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information, Syn. prevaricate, tergiversate, equivocate, palter
equivocation(n) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language, Syn. tergiversation
hedger(n) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer, Syn. tergiversator, equivocator

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Tergiversate

v. i. [ L. tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse. ] To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tergiversation

n. [ L. tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation. ] 1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change. [ 1913 Webster ]

The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tergiversator

n. [ L. ] One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Ausflucht { f } | Ausflüchte { pl }tergiversation | tergiversations [Add to Longdo]
widersprach sichtergiversated [Add to Longdo]
widerspricht sichtergiversates [Add to Longdo]

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