Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-VAR'I-CATE
PRE-VAR'I-CATEPRE-VAR'I-CA-TED
PRE-VAR'I-CATE, v.t.
To pervert; to corrupt; to evade by a quibble. [But in a transitive sense, this word is seldom or never used.]
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