Citations:æquivocation
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English citations of æquivocation
Noun: archaic form of equivocation[edit]
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- 1658, Thomas Browne, Pſeudodoxia Epidemica, R.W.; third edition, Book III, Chapter VIII, page #100:
- Which is a fallacy of Æquivocation, and in ſome opinions begat the like conceit concerning Romulus and Remus, that they were foſtered by a Wolf ; the name of the Nurſe being Lupa ; and founded the fable of Europa, and her carriage over Sea by a Bull,becauſe the Ship or Pilats name was Taurus.
- 1812, Francis Plowden, An Historical Letter; page #358:
- I shall not take any shuffling æquivocation, obscure explanation, or ambiguous answers to the above queries.