EQUIVOCAL
\ɪkwˈɪvəkə͡l], \ɪkwˈɪvəkəl], \ɪ_k_w_ˈɪ_v_ə_k_əl]\
Definitions of EQUIVOCAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
By Princeton University
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open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
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Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
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Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.
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A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
By Oddity Software
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(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
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Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
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Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.
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A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Equivocally.
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Meaning equally two or more things: of doubtful meaning: capable of a double explanation.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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