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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tergiversate /ˈtəːdʒɪvəˌseɪt, -ˈvəːseɪt/

▶verb

1 make evasive statements; equivocate.

2 change one's loyalties.

– derivatives
tergiversation noun,
tergiversator noun.

– origin C17: from L. tergiversat-, tergiversari ‘turn one's back’.

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