equivoque
Example Sentences
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The equivoque arises precisely from the word "association."
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
Calton was too much inwrapped in the contemplation of his happiness to see the equivoque between Hicks and himself; and threw himself back in his chair.
From Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people by Charles Dickens
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
Lockhart calls them “a style of equivoque which could never seriously be misunderstood.”
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard
It was not the first equivoque I had experienced; and this should have rendered me less confident of the evidence of my senses.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
