Third person singular present tense; speaks or acts in an ambiguous or evasive way to avoid giving a clear answer.
From 'equivocate' (verb), from Medieval Latin 'aequivocare' (to speak ambiguously). The '-ates' suffix marks third person singular present tense.
The most famous equivocator in literature might be Hamlet, who speaks in riddles and evasions—Shakespeare made his indecision linguistic, turning hesitation into a verbal performance.
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