Definition of equivocal

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Equivocal (n.) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.

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Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
Dilogy :: Dilogy (n.) An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an equivocal sense.
Equivocalness :: Equivocalness (n.) The state of being equivocal.
Apocryphal :: Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
Ambiguous :: Ambiguous (a.) Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression..
Parisology :: Parisology (n.) The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
Multivocal :: Multivocal (a.) Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal.
Adventuress :: Adventuress (n.) A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
Homonymously :: Homonymously (adv.) Equivocally; ambiguously.
Unequivocal :: Unequivocal (a.) Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words..
Equivocal :: Equivocal (n.) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
Univocally :: Univocally (adv.) In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally.
Explicit :: Explicit (a.) Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration..
Equivocacy :: Equivocacy (n.) Equivocalness.
Shady :: Shady (superl.) Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt..
Pythonism :: Pythonism (n.) The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.
Precise :: Precise (a.) Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality..
Univocal :: Univocal (a.) Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.
Pronounced :: Pronounced (a.) Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. [A Gallicism.
Equivocate :: Equivocate (a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity..
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