Both Uses of
prevaricate
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
- As regards your questions, however, I will not prevaricate nor deceive you, but will tell you without concealment all that the old man of the sea told me.†
Book 4
- As regards your question, however, I will not prevaricate nor deceive you, but what the old man of the sea told me, so much will I tell you in full.
Book 17 *prevaricate = be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Definition:
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(prevaricate) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information; or make false statements