Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tergiversate

Tergiversate , intransitive verb

[Latin tergiversatus, past participle of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse.]

To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [Rare] — Bailey