equivoque
Example Sentences
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He never declared what he knew, though she could not but guess it; did not betray her to the others; seemed to enjoy the equivoque, content to wait.
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Milton would not do as Peter Heylin did, who, when asked as to his religion, replied that he was a Catholic, which, in a Laudian, was but a natural equivoque.
From Milton by Pattison, Mark
Every thing, in a word, is tolerated which can in any way be passed into an equivoque.
From Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 by Pinkney, Lt-Col.
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 Oxonian, An
The italics indicate the obvious equivoque, and indicate it imperfectly.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir
