(פ') לנקוט בלשון דו-משמעית, להגיד דברים בלתי ברורים (במיוחד בשביל להטעות)

v. be ambiguous, prevaricate, use words with double meanings (especially with intent to deceive)

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Verb
1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
(synonym) beat around the bush, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
(hypernym) misinform, mislead
(derivation) evasion, equivocation

v. mistake, misunderstand, prevaricate

adj. misunderstood

v. mistake, make an error, be wrong; deceive, deceive oneself; lapse; trip up, slip up

(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.