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| NOUN: | The use or an instance of equivocal language: ambiguity, equivocation, equivoque, euphemism, prevarication, shuffle, tergiversation, weasel word. Informal : waffle. See CLEAR. | | VERB: | 1. To surround and advance upon: besiege, close in, enclose, envelop, hem. See OPEN. 2. To use evasive or deliberately vague language: equivocate, euphemize, shuffle, tergiversate, weasel. Informal : pussyfoot, waffle. Idioms: beat about (or around) the bush, mince words. See CLEAR. 3. To avoid fulfilling or answering completely: dodge, duck, evade, sidestep, skirt. See SEEK. 4. To shut in on all sides: begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hem, ring1, surround. See OPEN.
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