1. TERGIVERSE, A. ******************************************************************************** rare. That has turned his back or practised tergiversation; renegade; shifty. 2. TERGIVERSE, V. ******************************************************************************** rare. {dag}1. trans. To turn backwards, to reverse. (In quot. in ppl. adj. {sm}tergiversed.) Obs. 2. intr. = TERGIVERSATE. Hence {sm}tergiversing vbl. n., tergiversation.