preˈvaricatory, a. rare.
[f. as prevaricate v. + -ory2.]
Characterized by prevarication; prevaricating; evasive.
| c 1656 Bramhall Replic. iii. 138 His fellows being examined..either refused to answer, or gave such ambiguous and prevaricatory answers, that some ingenuous Catholicks began to suspect that they fostered some treachery. 1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXIV. 415 Exhibiting the disgrace of prevaricatory witnesses. |