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Webster 1913 Edition
Tergiversation
Terˊgi-ver-sa′tion
,Noun.
[L.
tergiversario
: cf. F. tergiversation
.] 1.
The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and
tergiversations
. Abp. Bramhall.
2.
Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
The colonel, after all his
tergiversations
, lost his life in the king’s service. Clarendon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tergiversation
TERGIVERSA'TION
,Noun.
Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being more free from passion and tergiversation.
1.
Change; fickleness of conduct. The colonel, after all his tergiversation, lost his life in the king's service.