Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Equivocate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.