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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
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1828 Definition
PREVAR'ICATE, v.i. [L. proevaricor; proe and varico, varicor, to straddle.]
PREVAR'ICATE, v.t. To pervert; to corrupt; to evade by a quibble. [But in a transitive sense,this word is seldom or never used.]
1913 Definition
To
shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or
from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he
prevaricates in his statement.
He prevaricates with his own understanding. South. To collude, as where an
informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham
prosecution.
To undertake a thing
falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying
it.
Syn. -- To evade; equivocate; quibble; shuffle. -- Prevaricate, Evade, Equivocate. One who evades a question ostensibly answers it, but really turns aside to some other point. He who equivocate uses words which have a double meaning, so that in one sense he can claim to have said the truth, though he does in fact deceive, and intends to do it. He who prevaricates talks all round the question, hoping to "dodge" it, and disclose nothing. To evade by a
quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
[Obs.] Jer.
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Noah Says...
An attempt to conduct the affairs of a free government with wisdom and impartiality, and to preserve the just rights of all classes of citizens, without the guidance of Divine precepts, will certainly end in disappointment. God is the supreme moral Governor of the world He has made, and as He Himself governs with perfect rectitude, He requires His rational creatures to govern themselves in like manner. If men will not submit to be controlled by His laws, He will punish them by the evils resulting from their own disobedience.…
Letter to David McClure :: October 25, 1837
