equivocate vs put to lie

equivocate

verb
  • To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive. 

  • To render equivocal or ambiguous. 

put to lie

verb
  • Synonym of give the lie to 

How often have the words equivocate and put to lie occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )