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EQUIVOCATE
Definition of EQUIVOCATE
verb
To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
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Other senses
EQUIVOCATE carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To use equivocal language to deceive someone or avoid committing oneself to a position. synonym: lie.
Having a double signification.
To use words of a doubtful signification; express one's opinions in terms which admit of different interpretations; specifically, to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; prevaricate.
To render equivocal; render false or lying.
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“to be called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EQUIVOCATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EQUIVOCATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 166 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EQUIVOCATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIOQTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EQUIVOCATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EQUIVO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
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