LIE vs PREVARICATION: NOUN
- Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
- Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true.
- A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
- The position of a golf ball that has come to a stop.
- The manner or position in which something is situated.
- A haunt or hiding place of an animal.
- Position or manner in which something is situated
- A false statement made with the purpose of deceiving; an intentional untruth; a falsehood; the utterance by speech or act of that which is false, with intent to mislead or delude.
- Manner of lying; relative direction, position, arrangement, etc. See lay, n., 4.
- The place where a bird, beast, or fish is accustomed to lie or lurk; haunt.
- In railroading, a siding or short offset from the main line, into which trucks may be run for the purpose of loading and unloading; one of the different sets of rails at a terminus on which trucks stand while being loaded or unloaded.
- An obsolete spelling of lye.
- An obsolete form of lee.
- A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- That which is intended or serves to deceive or mislead; anything designed or adapted to produce false conclusions or expectations: as, this epitaph is a lie.
- Synonyms Untruth, deception. Compare fib.
- Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.
- Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion.
- A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
- The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
- The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.
- The wilful concealment or misrepresentation of truth by giving evasive and equivocating evidence.
- The undertaking of a thing falsely, with intent to defeat the object which it was professed to promote.
- A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office or commission.
- Transgression; violation: as, the prevarication of a law.
- The act of prevaricating or deviating, especially from truth, honesty, or plain-dealing; evasion of truth or duty; quibbling or shuffling in words or conduct.
- The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- Intentionally vague or ambiguous
- In law: The conduct of an advocate who betrayed the cause of his client, and by collusion assisted his opponent.
- A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
LIE vs PREVARICATION: VERB
- Originate (in)
- Assume a reclining position
- Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
- Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
- Be and remain in a particular state or condition
- Have a place in relation to something else
- Be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
- N/A
LIE vs PREVARICATION: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To present false information with the intention of deceiving.
- To convey a false image or impression.
- To say or write as a lie.
- To stay for a night or short while.
- To be admissible or maintainable.
- To be buried in a specified place.
- To extend.
- To occupy a position or place.
- To consist or have as a basis. Often used with in:
- To exist; reside.
- To be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal, or recumbent position; recline.
- To be or remain in a specified condition.
- To be placed on or supported by a surface that is usually horizontal.
- N/A
LIE vs PREVARICATION: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To lodge; pass the night; sleep.
- To rest; bear; press; weigh: with on or upon.
- In law, to be sustainable; be capable of being maintained: as, an action lies against the tenant for waste.
- Nautical, to careen with the wind abeam, as a ship.
- Be located or situated somewhere
- Occupy a certain position
- Be lying, be prostrate
- Be in a horizontal position
- Tell an untruth
- Pretend with intent to deceive
- To rest or remain in a state or condition; continue inactive or unchanged: as, to lie in soak; the land lies fallow.
- To be in a certain direction; be present in a particular place or thing; be found; exist.
- To have place, position, or direction; be situated, set, or settled; stay or abide: as, the Azores lie in the Atlantic ocean; the army lay in a fortified camp.
- To lay or place one's self in a recumbent or prostrate position; take a reclining posture: often followed by down when entire prostration is intended: as, to lie back in a chair; to lie down on the ground.
- To be in a quiescent state; be or become quiet or inactive; remain passive or expectant.
- To rest in a recumbent or prostrate position; remain or be held flatwise, lengthwise, or inclined on a supporting surface; recline or be prone or supine on something.
- To make a false impression, either consciously or unconsciously; hold forth a misleading or deceitful appearance; act or manifest an untruth: used of both persons and things.
- To speak falsely; utter untruth for the purpose of misleading; make a misrepresentation consciously: followed by about, etc., and formerly (and still sometimes colloquially) by on.
- In heraldry, same as stringed.
- To be confined or imprisoned.
- (idiom) (lie) To keep oneself or one's plans hidden.
- (idiom) (lie) To bide one's time but remain ready for action.
- (idiom) (lie through (one's) teeth) To lie outrageously or brazenly.
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LIE vs PREVARICATION: RELATED WORDS
- Liar, Hide, Falsehood, Cheat, Exist, Stand, Truth, Lurk, Lie in, Lie down, Consist, Rest, Prevarication, Belong, Dwell
- Maneuver, Cheating, Abuse, Graft, Delusion, Deceitful, Maladministration, Evasion, Deception, Deceit, Lying, Fabrication, Lie, Evasiveness, Equivocation
LIE vs PREVARICATION: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Deceit, Deception, Prevaricate, Pretend, Liar, Hide, Falsehood, Cheat, Exist, Stand, Truth, Lurk, Rest, Prevarication, Dwell
- Duplicity, Dishonesty, Mendacity, Manoeuvring, Maneuver, Abuse, Graft, Deceitful, Maladministration, Deception, Deceit, Lying, Fabrication, Lie, Evasiveness
LIE vs PREVARICATION: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- If you could lie about something so inconsequential and lie so beautifully, then you could be lying about anything.
- When you say we have no evidence you lie; when you claim all our proofs have been debunked, you lie.
- ATF questions Omar and he does what he does best, he tries to lie his way out of his lie.
- They lie in their commercials about saving money so why would I not expect them to lie about the rate they are giving me.
- To say anything else would be a lie, and how would the Holy Spirit bless a lie?
- Told the big whopper of a lie that could potentially cause mayhem or even the little white lie about the tooth fairy.
- First and second variations, the index form, conjugate and focal points, homogeneous spaces, lie groups and lie algebras.
- So people are not allowed to use the word lie when you just explained the very definition of a lie?
- Governments lie; newspapers lie; but in a democracy they are different lies.
- Why do recipe writers lie and lie and lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions?
- This kind of prevarication is what keeps this scandal going.
- If you open your eyes before I reach a hundred, Georgeanne tried to answer without prevarication.
- It was much cheaper and only one left in stock, so no time for prevarication.
- Let us see whether we cannot defend him from this reproach of falsity and prevarication.
- It was classic Holder: full of weird prevarication, distracting eye twitches and other facial contortions.
- Craft, cunning, lying, fraud, hypocrisy, trickery, delusion, duplicity, deceitfulness, falsehood, prevarication.
- Corrosively fribble marc may perfume e_adverb unto the smudgy prevarication.
- Telling sentence; you think prevarication is evidence of wisdom?
- He knows she is a master of prevarication.
- The Philistine king rebuked him for his prevarication.
LIE vs PREVARICATION: QUESTIONS
- Does equitable estoppel lie against the government?
- Does Squirrelflight lie to Brambleclaw and Firestar?
- Did Frontier Communications lie about internet speeds?
- What are the Lie groups corresponding to the Lie algebras?
- What is the lie angle of a standard lie angle irons?
- What are the best books on Lie groups and Lie algebras?
- Does Lie algebra determine the global structure of a Lie group?
- What is the connection between Lie algebras and Lie groups?
- What technology is used to detect Lie Lie Detection?
- Is Olivia Rodrigo's'Lie Lie Lie Lie'about Joshua Bassett?
- What happens if you persist in your present prevarication?