1) Avoid 2) Evade 3) Palter 4) Prevaricate 5) Tergiversate 1) Be a weasel 2) Be pedantic 3) Beat around the bush 4) Cavil 5) Hedge 6) Misinform 7) Mislead 8) Nitpick 9) Palter 10) Prevaricate 11) Split hairs 12) Tergiversate 13) Weasel 
• (v. t.) To render equivocal or ambiguous. • (a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one`s opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity. 'All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate.' (Bp. Stillingfleet) ... Sy...
E·quiv'o·cate intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Equivocated ; present participle & verbal noun Equivocating .] [ Latin aequivocatus , past participle of aequivocari to be called by the same name, from Latin 
try to deceive by equivocal language 
[v] - be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
equivocate 1. Being deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. 2. To speak vaguely or ambiguously; especially, in order to avoid a commitment or to mislead.
to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
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