Eh, no doubt For some sufficient cause, I drift, defer, Equivocate, dream, hazard, grow more stout, Age, am no longer Love's idolater,

Lie (verb), prevaricate, falsify, equivocate, quibble, shuffle, dodge, fence, fib. Likeness, resemblance, similitude, similarity, semblance, analogy.

As "that which is but the half of a true proposition either signifies nothing or is directly a lie," it must be admitted that "in the same cases in which it is lawful to tell a lie, in the same cases it is lawful to use a mental reservation;" and "where it is lawful to lie, it is lawful to equivocate, which may be something less than a plain lie."

waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain) 475; equivocate (sophistry)

V. be equivocal &c adj.; have two meanings &c 516; equivocate &c (alter)

misstate, misquote, miscite^, misreport, misrepresent; belie, falsify, pervert, distort; put a false construction upon &c (misinterpret); prevaricate, equivocate, quibble; palter, palter to the understanding; repondre en Normand

If he be a sculler, ask him if he be married: he'll equivocate, and swear he's a single man.

The pretence is, that we equivocate in talking of eternal generation.

"I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard," was the announcement with which he opened the campaign, which he subsequently carried on with more conspicuous vigor than success.

The temptation to equivocate for pure perversity's sake was strong upon Elinor, and she yielded to it.

Then, said the Hind, as you the matter state, Not only Jesuits can equivocate; For real, as you now the word expound, From solid substance dwindles to a sound.

"It has been said, that not only Jesuits can equivocate.

"It has been said, that Jesuits can not only equivocate.

"It has been said, that not Jesuits only can equivocate.

Occasions there were when Penelope was compelled to equivocate shamefully in order to escape the companionship of the duke, the count, or others of their ilk.

The marchesa spoke in the same strange tone, but she fixed her eyes savagely on Trenta, so as to be able to convince herself how far he might dare to equivocate.

Show me that letter.' 'What letter?' 'Don't prevaricate with me.'

To whiffle = to hesitate; waver; prevaricate.

"Don't prevaricate, sir!

Lie (verb), prevaricate, falsify, equivocate, quibble, shuffle, dodge, fence, fib. Likeness, resemblance, similitude, similarity, semblance, analogy.

I had been led to prevaricate as to the moment I entered the lower gateway, and he may have done the same as to the hour he left by the upper hall window.

That I should prevaricate even to my own detriment, at a preliminary examination, only to tell the truth openly and like a man when in court and under the sanctity of an oath was, in the popular estimation, something to my credit; and Mr. Moffat, whose chief recommendation as counsel lay in his quick appreciation of the exigencies of the moment, did not press me too sharply on this point when he came to his cross-examination.

It is an appeal to God as a most upright Judge whether we do prevaricate in asserting what we do not believe true, or in promising what we are not firmly resolved to perform.

But (to omit that men do usually prevaricate in these cases; that it is not commonly for love of truth, but of themselves; not so much for the benefit of their sect, but for their own interest, that they calumniate)

And if he shuffle and prevaricate as to her, question him about Miss Lockyer.

"What should I be searching for bones for?" "Don't prevaricate," said the cobbler sternly; "answer the question:

And then over against this he indicates his fatal confusion of mind and weakness of reasoning in the suggestion: "But the sound human understanding, in spite of the moralists, will prevaricate, and often with great vigor and success, in such cases.

It was the dictate of self-preservation which induced Elizabeth to prevaricate, and to deceive the powerful monarchs who were in league against her.

It was however highly to their honour that they were found in no one instance to prevaricate, nor to waver as to the certainty of their facts.

misstate, misquote, miscite^, misreport, misrepresent; belie, falsify, pervert, distort; put a false construction upon &c (misinterpret); prevaricate, equivocate, quibble; palter, palter to the understanding; repondre en Normand

And the doctor was obliged to prevaricate a little to console her, for he himself expected hourly the inevitable termination.

do na prevaricate," Sandy began, his eyes gloating on her lovely confusion; "do na preteend" But the sweet blue eyes were too much for him.

William, don't prevaricate.

An' ef I had to take one or the other, why, I'd let my wife prevaricate a little, ef need be, befo' I'd relinquish warmheartedness, an' the power to command peacefulness an' rest, an' make things comfortable an' homely, day in an' day out.

didn'tdidn't destroy it!" "Threw it into the river, thendon't prevaricate about details.

But no worthy design can need a false apology; and it is worse than idle to prevaricate.

prevaricate.

" "Sir!" replied Dymock, "Sir! do you give me the lie?direct or indirect, I will not bear it; I, a son of the house of Dymock, to be thus bearded in my own Tower, to be told that what I choose to assert may not be true; that I am, in fact, a deceiver,a sharper,one that would prevaricate for sordid pelf!"

" It is not that those who go down the pike in automobiles intend to prevaricate, or even exaggerate, but the experience is so extraordinary that the truth is inadequate for expression and explanation.