Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to equivocate
Participle: equivocated
Gerund: equivocating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | equivocate |
| you | equivocate |
| he;she;it | equivocates |
| we | equivocate |
| you | equivocate |
| they | equivocate |
Perfect
| I | have equivocated |
| you | have equivocated |
| he;she;it | has equivocated |
| we | have equivocated |
| you | have equivocated |
| they | have equivocated |
Past
| I | equivocated |
| you | equivocated |
| he;she;it | equivocated |
| we | equivocated |
| you | equivocated |
| they | equivocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had equivocated |
| you | had equivocated |
| he;she;it | had equivocated |
| we | had equivocated |
| you | had equivocated |
| they | had equivocated |
Future
| I | will equivocate |
| you | will equivocate |
| he;she;it | will equivocate |
| we | will equivocate |
| you | will equivocate |
| they | will equivocate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have equivocated |
| you | will have equivocated |
| he;she;it | will have equivocated |
| we | will have equivocated |
| you | will have equivocated |
| they | will have equivocated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | equivocate |
| you | equivocate |
| he;she;it | equivocate |
| we | equivocate |
| you | equivocate |
| they | equivocate |
Perfect
| I | have equivocated |
| you | have equivocated |
| he;she;it | have equivocated |
| we | have equivocated |
| you | have equivocated |
| they | have equivocated |
Imperfect
| I | equivocated |
| you | equivocated |
| he;she;it | equivocated |
| we | equivocated |
| you | equivocated |
| they | equivocated |
Pluperfect
| I | had equivocated |
| you | had equivocated |
| he;she;it | had equivocated |
| we | had equivocated |
| you | had equivocated |
| they | had equivocated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would equivocate |
| you | would equivocate |
| he;she;it | would equivocate |
| we | would equivocate |
| you | would equivocate |
| they | would equivocate |
Perfect
| I | would have equivocated |
| you | would have equivocated |
| he;she;it | would have equivocated |
| we | would have equivocated |
| you | would have equivocated |
| they | would have equivocated |
Imperative
| you | equivocate |
| we | Let's equivocate |
| you | equivocate |
Verbs conjugated like 'equivocate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'equivocate'
æquivocate,
equivalate,
equiparate,
equivale,
evocate,
advocate,
avocate,
bilocate,
convocate,
echolocate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- evade
- dodge, prevaricate, lie, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, tergiversate
Antonyms
- evade
- approach, face, confront, meet
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“to be called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.
Verbs referencing "equivocate"
Portuguese
equivocar, Spanish
equivocar.
Sample Sentences
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Knock. Knock, knock. Who's there in th'other Deuils Name? Faith here's an Equiuocator, that could ſweare in both the Scales againſt eyther Scale, who committed Treaſon enough for Gods ſake, yet could not equiuocate to Heauen: oh come in, Equiuocator. [c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 137, column 1:]
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All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. [1687, Edward Stillingfleet, The Unreasonableness of Separation: Or, An Impartial Account of the History, Nature and Pleas of the Present Separation from the Communion of the Church of England:]
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He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation [1647, George Buck, Reign of Richard the Third:]