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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ter·gi·ver·sate /ˈtɝʤəvɚ/
 (vi.)搪塞,推託,變節,背叛,自相矛盾

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ter·gi·ver·sate v. i.  To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [R.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tergiversate
      v 1: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or
           withhold information [syn: beat around the bush, equivocate,
            prevaricate, palter]
      2: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances [syn: apostatize, apostatise]