Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prevaricate
Participle: prevaricated
Gerund: prevaricating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prevaricate |
| you | prevaricate |
| he;she;it | prevaricates |
| we | prevaricate |
| you | prevaricate |
| they | prevaricate |
Perfect
| I | have prevaricated |
| you | have prevaricated |
| he;she;it | has prevaricated |
| we | have prevaricated |
| you | have prevaricated |
| they | have prevaricated |
Past
| I | prevaricated |
| you | prevaricated |
| he;she;it | prevaricated |
| we | prevaricated |
| you | prevaricated |
| they | prevaricated |
Pluperfect
| I | had prevaricated |
| you | had prevaricated |
| he;she;it | had prevaricated |
| we | had prevaricated |
| you | had prevaricated |
| they | had prevaricated |
Future
| I | will prevaricate |
| you | will prevaricate |
| he;she;it | will prevaricate |
| we | will prevaricate |
| you | will prevaricate |
| they | will prevaricate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prevaricated |
| you | will have prevaricated |
| he;she;it | will have prevaricated |
| we | will have prevaricated |
| you | will have prevaricated |
| they | will have prevaricated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prevaricate |
| you | prevaricate |
| he;she;it | prevaricate |
| we | prevaricate |
| you | prevaricate |
| they | prevaricate |
Perfect
| I | have prevaricated |
| you | have prevaricated |
| he;she;it | have prevaricated |
| we | have prevaricated |
| you | have prevaricated |
| they | have prevaricated |
Imperfect
| I | prevaricated |
| you | prevaricated |
| he;she;it | prevaricated |
| we | prevaricated |
| you | prevaricated |
| they | prevaricated |
Pluperfect
| I | had prevaricated |
| you | had prevaricated |
| he;she;it | had prevaricated |
| we | had prevaricated |
| you | had prevaricated |
| they | had prevaricated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prevaricate |
| you | would prevaricate |
| he;she;it | would prevaricate |
| we | would prevaricate |
| you | would prevaricate |
| they | would prevaricate |
Perfect
| I | would have prevaricated |
| you | would have prevaricated |
| he;she;it | would have prevaricated |
| we | would have prevaricated |
| you | would have prevaricated |
| they | would have prevaricated |
Imperative
| you | prevaricate |
| we | Let's prevaricate |
| you | prevaricate |
Verbs conjugated like 'prevaricate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prevaricate'
prævaricate,
prefabricate,
prevalidate,
divaricate,
perfricate,
predicate,
prejudicate,
premasticate,
premedicate,
refabricate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- lie
- invent, cavil, distort, fabricate, equivocate, falsify, fib, quibble
Antonyms
- lie
- truth, veracity, rise, move
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praevāricātus, perfect active participle of praevāricor (“to walk crookedly; to play a false or double part”), from prae- + vāricō (“to stand with feet apart, straddle”), from vāricus (“with feet spread apart”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verbs referencing "prevaricate"
Spanish
prevaricar.
Sample Sentences
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The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.
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At the moment of her departure he could prevaricate no longer, and, confessing to the gambling, told her the truth as far as he knew it—that the guineas had been won by Wildeve. [1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, chapter 1, in The Return of the Native […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC:]
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[Boris Johnson] went: “You’re right, let’s get on with it. Let’s make the decision.” It took him another hour of prevaricating to reach the decision. He went outside, and I think that announcement changed the course of history. [2026 June 23, Will Walden, quotee, “‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]