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Monday, October 1, 2012

Prevaricate: from the Latin praevaricari "to make a sham accusation"

Prevarication

 
The Good Christian Outcome of Prevarication


prevaricate (v.) Look up prevaricate at Dictionary.com
1580s, "to transgress," from L. praevaricari "to make a sham accusation, deviate," lit. "walk crookedly;" in Church L., "to transgress" (see prevarication). Meaning "to speak evasively" is from 1630s. Related: Prevaricated; prevaricating.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=prevaricate

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