To shuffle; to quibble; to shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course or from truth; to play foul play. I would think better of himself, than that he would wilfully prevaricate.

In the civil law, to collude; as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

In English law, to undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

To pervert; to corrupt; to evade by a quibble.