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equivoque, -voke, a. and n.|ˈiːkwɪ-, ˈɛkwɪvəʊk|
Forms: (4 equivoc, 6 -ocke, equyuoke, 7 equivok), 7–8 æquivoque, (7 -voc, -voke), 7– equivoke, -que.
[ad. L. æquivocus: see equivocal.]
†A. adj. = equivocal in various senses. Obs.
1388Wyclif Prol. 59 Wordis equiuok, that is, that hath manie significacions vndur oo lettre. 1574Life 70th Abp. Canterb. To Rdr. D vij, Which name [fora], I thincke, is therefore equiuocke to a Market and courte, because in both all things are to be solde euen as in Rome. c1650Brome Agst. Corrupted Sack (R.), Thou..art a bastard got by th' town By equivoque generation.
†b. quasi-n. with pl. ending: Things (specified) which are equivocal. Obs.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Manner Exam. Lazars Q ij, They that ought to iudge and approue them shulde ryght dylygently beholde theym & considre the vnyuoke sygnes and equyuokes also.
B. n.
†1. A thing which is called by the same name as something else. Obs. [after Gr. ὁµώνυµον].
1599Blundevil Logic 13 Equiuokes be such things as haue one selfe name, and yet be diuers in substance or definition: as a naturall dogge and a certaine starre in the firmament are both called by one name in Latine, Canis, yet they be nothing like in substance, kind, or nature. 1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 120/2 There is a treatise of æquivokes under Xenophon's name.
2. An expression capable of more than one meaning; a play upon words, often of a humorous nature, a pun; word-play, punning.
1614Selden Titles Hon. 72. 1619 Drummond of Hawthornden Conv. B. Jonson Wks. 226 W. Alexander..hath sextains..echoes and equivoques, which he [Petrarch] hath not. 1729Swift Corr. II. 632 Beyond the power of conception..or, to avoid an equivoque, beyond the extent of my ideas. a1734North Exam. ii. v. §47. (1740) 343 Here's his old Equivoque; by Papists, he means the King, Ministry and Loyal Party. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 589 Who mistook equivoque, abuse, and impudence, for wit. 1834Gentl. Mag. CIV. i. 219 The dialogue is..enlivened by much facetious and amusing equivoque. 1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. II. xi. 476 The Greeks consoled themselves as well as they could by the equivoque of the Bavarian and Barbarian.
3. Ambiguity of speech; double meaning in words or phrases used. Also transf.
1809–10Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) I. 202 The equivoque between an action and a series of motions. 1833Herschel Astron. xiii. 415 Confusion, owing to the equivoque between the lunar and calendar month. 1847Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) I. Introd. 23 And to avoid equivoque I shall use the words Metaphysical Philosophy. 1878F. Harrison in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 700 Right is perhaps that idea which has led to the greatest amount of sophism and equivoque.
4. The use of words in a double meaning with intent to deceive; = equivocation. rare.
1616B. Jonson Devil an Ass (1692) iii. iii, What do you value this at, thirty Pound? Gui. No, sir, he cost me forty ere he was set. Mer. Turnings you mean? I know your Equivokes. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 152 Every man..is called upon to keep himself clear from mendacity and equivoke. |