equivoque
noun
an equivocal term; an ambiguous expression.
equivoke
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a variation of
equivoque.
Example Sentences
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After all, no man can be sure that it is required of him to save society; every man can be sure that he is called upon to keep himself clean from mendacity and equivoke.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by John Morley
This equivoke checked Dr. Gowdy for an instant.
From Under the Skylights by Henry Blake Fuller
He felt the equivoke, looked awkward and reddish, but soon returned to the attack by saying that he thought Burns was as good as Shakspeare.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb
Marian, arrayed as a boy, and pretending to be her brother Walter, has been present at this combat, as a spectator, and a sparkling scene of equivoke, mischief, and sentiment ensues between Marian and Robin.
From Shadows of the Stage by William Winter
The wit of the performance was made to consist in quibble and equivoke, and in the misuse of language, after the fashion, but without the refinement, of Mrs. Partington.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various
