verb (used without object), e·quiv·o·cat·ed, e·quiv·o·cat·ing.
to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid
commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When
asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate
only equivocated. Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English Related
forms < Medieval Latin aequivocātus, past participle of
aequivocāre; out·e·quiv·o·cate, verb (used with object),
out·e·quiv·o·cat·ed, out·e·quiv·o·cat·ing. evade, stall, dodge.