equivocating

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equivocating

  1. present participle and gerund of equivocate
    • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), Duty and Inclination: , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, pages 169–170:
      Taken off his guard by a question so abrupt, yet, at the same time, not in the least equivocating, viewing deeply the consequences and unpleasant effects that might arise were he to reply by an affirmative, he hesitated not to give a positive denial, asserting that such an idea had never entered his thoughts.