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91George Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Seaforth — (d.1651), was a Highland clan chief and Scottish nobleman, who played an equivocating role in Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. OriginsMackenzie was the son of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail (died 1611), and Isobel,… …
92Lean software development — En este artículo sobre tecnología e informática se detectaron los siguientes problemas: Necesita ser wikificado conforme a las convenciones de estilo de Wikipedia. Parece ser una traducción defectuosa. Por favor …
93equivocator — See equivocate. * * * …
94dodge — /doj/, v., dodged, dodging, n. v.t. 1. to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question. 2. Also, hold back. Photog. (in printing) to shade (an area of a print) from exposure for a period, while …
95equivocation — /i kwiv euh kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, esp. in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication. 2. an equivocal, ambiguous expression; equivoque: The speech was marked by elaborate equivocations. 3. Logic. a… …
96evade — evadable, evadible, adj. evader, n. evadingly, adv. /i vayd /, v., evaded, evading. v.t. 1. to escape from by trickery or cleverness: to evade one s pursuers. 2. to get around by trickery: to evade rules. 3. to avoid doing or fulfilling: to evade …
97haver — /hay veuhr/, v.i. Chiefly Brit. to equivocate; vacillate. [1780 90; orig. uncert.] /khah verdd /, n., pl. haverim /khah ve rddeem /. Hebrew. friend; comrade; companion. * * * …
98punt — punt1 punter, n. /punt/, n. 1. Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground. Cf. drop kick, place kick. 2. a small, shallow boat having a flat bottom and square ends, usually used for short outings on …
99quibble — quibbler, n. /kwib euhl/, n., v., quibbled, quibbling. n. 1. an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue. 2. the general use of such arguments. 3. petty or carping criticism; a …
100temporize — temporization, n. temporizer, n. temporizingly, adv. /tem peuh ruyz /, v.i., temporized, temporizing. 1. to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting. 2. to comply with the time or occasion; yield temporarily or ostensibly to… …
