Definition of prevaricate

• v. i. - 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.
• v. i. - To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
• v. i. - To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
• v. t. - To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.