28 February 2013

equivocate

[ih-kwiv-uh-keyt]

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 < Medieval Latin aequivocātus, past participle of aequivocāre; see equivocal, -ate1

Related forms
e·quiv·o·cat·ing·ly, adverb
e·quiv·o·ca·tor, noun
non·e·quiv·o·cat·ing, adjective
out·e·quiv·o·cate, verb (used with object), out·e·quiv·o·cat·ed, out·e·quiv·o·cat·ing.
un·e·quiv·o·cat·ing, adjective

Synonyms
evade, stall, dodge.

Today’s quote

Justin Bieber stole my haircut. And Axl Rose stole my dance!

– Davy Jones, The Monkees.

On this day

28 February 1942 – birthday of Brian Jones. English guitarist for the Rolling Stones.

28 February 2007 – death of Billy Thorpe, English-born Australian rock legend. Front man for ‘Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs’. Born 29 March 1946.

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29 February 1940 – Hattie McDaniels wins an Oscar for her role as Mammy in Gone With The Wind. She is the first African-American to win an Oscar.

29 February 2012 – death of Davy Jones, singer with British 1960′s rock band, The Monkees. Born on 30 December 1945.