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eq·ui·voque 
[ek-wuh-vohk, ee-kwuh-] Pronunciation Key
[ek-wuh-vohk, ee-kwuh-] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | an equivocal term; an ambiguous expression. |
| 2. | a play on words; pun. |
| 3. | double meaning; ambiguity. |
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| eq·ui·voque also eq·ui·voke
(ěk'wə-vōk', ē'kwə-) Pronunciation Key
n.
[French équivoque, from Late Latin aequivocus, ambiguous; see equivocal.] |
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Equivoque
Eq"ui*voque\, Equivoke \Eq"ui*voke\, n. [F. ['e]quivoque. See Equivocal.]1. An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations. --Coleridge. 2. An equivocation; a guibble. --B. Jonson.
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