Prevaricate

·vi To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

II. Prevaricate ·vt To evade by a quibble; to Transgress; to Pervert.

III. Prevaricate ·vi To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

IV. Prevaricate ·vi To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to Shuffle; to Quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.