Equivocate, vb. 1) intr. to use ambiguous expressions by way of deceit: “could not e. to heaven,” Mcb. II, 3, 12. 2) trans. to effect by duplicity: “--s him in a sleep,” II, 3, 39 (the porter's speech).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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