Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
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- verb Present participle of
caveat . - noun fencing Shifting the
sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
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Examples
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In my experience, lawyers are very careful, and usually end up accused of "caveating" to excess.
On a side note -- Lawyers. Rogers 2006
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With this graphic, the 18 caveating words are no longer caveating, dissonant with the message the graphic sends, but are reinforcing.
A. Siegel: How many words is a graphic worth? WashPost temperature chart & ClimateGATE 2009
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Such regular caveating is part of this very problem is it not?
Is the UK a country of Killjoys? Jeff 2009
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Such regular caveating is part of this very problem is it not?
Archive 2009-09-01 Jeff 2009
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Answering questions for impact of a method (from posters) with impact on the intermediate result rather than the final result (and not caveating, clarifying).
Whitfield SubCommittee: Edward Wegman Testimony « Climate Audit 2006
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And here's what Tom Emmer came up with after nearly an hour of hemming, hawing, caveating, and explaining.
the Cucking Stool 2010
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I'm bored enough today to canvas opinion from some people in the MFM. caveating, I'm pretty callow.
Dealbreaker 2009
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With this graphic, the 18 caveating words are no longer caveating, dissonant with the message the graphic sends, but are reinforcing.
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The intellectual exercise of caveating, no matter how important you think it is, has already caused people to miss doubles or triples.
BloggingStocks 2009
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Speaking of the first point, to use an Al Haigism, Geithner is now caveating his language on what he knew, and when, about AIG's bonuses.
SocraticGadfly 2009
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