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.

And yet he felt that he had prevaricated to her, and, in fact, deceived her, in the answer he had made when she asked him if he had sent her cousin to speak for him to Miss March.

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.

" "I never did doubt it, as a matter of fact, although I prevaricated at the time.

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.