To walk crookedly in the discharge of one's duty

prae-vārĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to walk crookedly, not to walk straight. *

Lit.:

arator praevaricatur,

makes a crooked furrow, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—

Trop.

To walk crookedly in the discharge of one's duty, not to act uprightly; esp. of an advocate who is guilty of collusion with the opposite party, to make a sham accusation or defence, to collude, prevaricate:

qui praevaricatur, ex utrāque parte consistit, quinimo ex alterā,

Dig. 47, 15, 1; cf. Plin. l. c. supra: a Catilina pecuniam accepit, ut turpissime praevaricaretur, Auct. Har. Resp. 20; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 29.—With dat., to favor collusively:

interdum non defendere, sed praevaricari accusationi videbatur,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58.—

Late Lat., to transgress, sin against, violate:

pactum meum,

Vulg. Jos. 7, 11:

contra me,

id. Deut. 32, 51: legem, id. Osee, 8, 1.—Also in the form praevā-rĭco, āre:

quod audivit, praevaricavit,

Aug. Tract. in Joann. 99; cf. Prisc. 8, 6, 29.

prae-vārĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to walk crookedly, not to walk straight. *

Lit.:

arator praevaricatur,

makes a crooked furrow, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.—

Trop.

To walk crookedly in the discharge of one's duty, not to act uprightly; esp. of an advocate who is guilty of collusion with the opposite party, to make a sham accusation or defence, to collude, prevaricate:

qui praevaricatur, ex utrāque parte consistit, quinimo ex alterā,

Dig. 47, 15, 1; cf. Plin. l. c. supra: a Catilina pecuniam accepit, ut turpissime praevaricaretur, Auct. Har. Resp. 20; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 29.—With dat., to favor collusively:

interdum non defendere, sed praevaricari accusationi videbatur,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58.—

Late Lat., to transgress, sin against, violate:

pactum meum,

Vulg. Jos. 7, 11:

contra me,

id. Deut. 32, 51: legem, id. Osee, 8, 1.—Also in the form praevā-rĭco, āre:

quod audivit, praevaricavit,

Aug. Tract. in Joann. 99; cf. Prisc. 8, 6, 29.