equivoque
Example Sentences
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There is an equivoque between trump and triumph.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
But here again, to say nothing of the equivoque of ‘positive,’ we are met by a claim of pre-emption, the claim of Comte to associate the ‘ism’ specifically with his system, theoretic and practical.
From Rationalism by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
I tell thee, that if thou intendest an equivoque, the Greek word whereby thou affirmest that Croesus should overthrow a great empire, was ill-chosen; and that it could signify nothing but Croesus conquering Cyrus.
From Thaumaturgia by An Oxonian
It is easy to see how the Elizabethan tendency to word-quibble and equivoque would help to give currency to the Latin form.
From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Ebenezer Charlton Black
The italics indicate the obvious equivoque, and indicate it imperfectly.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
