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tergiversing

tergiversing is the present participle and gerund of tergiverse.

Meaning of tergiverse

Verb

tergiverse (third-person singular simple present tergiverses, present participle tergiversing, simple past and past participle tergiversed)

  1. Synonym of tergiversate.
    Synonyms:
    tergiversate

Questions about tergiversing

What is tergiversing the present participle and gerund of?
Tergiversing is the present participle and gerund of tergiverse.

Words near tergiversing in the dictionary

  1. tergiversators
  2. tergiversatory
  3. tergiverse
  4. tergiversed
  5. tergiverses
  6. tergiversing
  7. Tergnier
  8. tergocentral
  9. tergomesal
  10. tergosternal
  11. tergotrochanteral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tergiversing (page history and authors); tergiverse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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