prevaricate

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

intransitive obsolete transitive UK

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

Japanese Meaning

元々の道や規範から逸脱すること / 正しい進むべき方向から外れること / 規範や道理を踏み外すこと

When the mapmakers began to prevaricate from the coastline's true course, later sailors were hopelessly lost.

測量士たちが海岸線の正しい経路から逸脱し始めたとき、後の船乗りたちは絶望的に迷い込んだ。

Sense（1）

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

Sense（2）

The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.

Sense（3）

(intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

Sense（4）

(law, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

prevaricates

（ present singular third-person ）

prevaricating

（ participle present ）

prevaricated

（ participle past ）

prevaricated

（ past ）