univocaladj.n.

Brit.

/juːˈnɪvəkl/,

/ˌjuːnɪˈvəʊkl/, U.S.

/juˈnɪvək(ə)l/,

/ˌjunəˈvoʊk(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s vnyuocal(le.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ūnivocus having one meaning ( < Latin ūni- uni- comb. form + vōc- , vōx voice n.) + -al suffix¹. So Italian univoco , Spanish univoco , Portuguese univoco , French univoque (see univoque adj.).

A. adj.

†a. Of symptoms, signs, etc.: Indicative of, signifying, or denoting one thing; certain or unmistakable in significance. Chiefly Medicine. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > symptom > [adjective] > of symptoms: unmistakable

univocal?1541

univoque?1541

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective] > in meaning

sure1493

univocal?1541

univoque?1541

inequivocal1779

unequivocal1785

rousing1836

resounding1873

unequivocable1921

graphic1937

full-frontal1971

?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiij^v Fyrste than in procedynge..to the knowlege of the vnyuocal sygnes.

?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiij^v The sygnes of lepry aswel equyuocalles as vnyuocalles.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Univocal Signs (in Surgery) are certain Accidents or Signs of the Fracture of the Scull,..distinguish'd from others termed Equivocal.

1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. i. 5 No less illustrious, but more univocal Marks of Truth, that God hath been pleased to impress upon his Dispensations.

1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 405 Though this be one symptom,..yet it is not an univocal or infallible one.

b. Of terms, etc.: Having only one proper meaning or signification; admitting or capable of a single interpretation or explanation; of which the meaning is unmistakable; unambiguous.Opposed to equivocal adj. 2. Now esp. in Logic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adjective] > having single meaning

univocal1656

1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 285 The same name would signifie God and a Creature, in the same signification, and would be univocall.

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. vi. 88 The crown and horn are in the sacred scripture univocal expressions of glory and dignity.

1671 R. Baxter How Far Holinesse xxviii. 9 It is but Analogically called either Holiness or Morality, and not in a proper or univocal sense.

1725 I. Watts Logick i. iv. §6 Univocal words are such as signify but one idea, or at least but one sort of thing.

1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic i. §3. 4 An explication of what is meant by univocal words, what by equivocal.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. ii. §8 A name is univocal, or applied univocally with respect to all things of which it can be predicated in the same sense.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. xvii. 500 The different significations of the same word: the univocal and the equivocal.

1892 Tablet 28 May 848 Declaring in terms which are simply univocal [etc.].

†c. Music. (See quot. 1786) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [adjective] > unison > applied to octave

univocal1786

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Univocal, the epithet applied by Ptolemy to the octave and its replicates. [Hence in some later Dicts.]

†2. Uniform, homogeneous; not exhibiting variation or deviation; confined to one kind or nature.Frequently in the latter half of the 17th cent., esp. in the writings of Jeremy Taylor; in some instances it is difficult to determine the precise sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective]

oneOE

consimilec1400

suinga1425

even?c1425

agreeable1512

uniform1540

consemblable?1541

suant1547

constantc1550

just?1556

similar1563

similary1564

unvaried1570

uniformal1574

consimilar1577

homogeneana1601

homogeneal1603

homogene1607

invariable1607

of a piece1607

undistinguisheda1616

univocal1615

immutable1621

uniformable1632

solemn1639

homogeneous1646

consistent1651

pariformal1651

self-consistent1651

congeniousa1656

level1655

undiversificated1659

equal1663

of one make1674

invarieda1676

congenerous1683

undiversified1684

equable1693

solid1699

consisting1700

tranquil1794

unbranching1826

horizontal1842

sole1845

self-similar1847

homoeomeric1865

equiformal1883

monochrome1970

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 28 A dead or mortified part..may not be called a part but equiuocally, because it hath not an vniuocall forme with the whole.

1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xiii. 201 When the actions and perswasions of a sect..are univocall.

1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. xx. 255 The joyes of religion are not univocal but productive of..præternatural pleasures.

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 156 So, from the univocall, simple, and homogeneall immortall minde, should so many properties and inclinations of men badly be fetched.

1727 W. Warburton Crit. & Philos. Enq. Causes Prodigies & Miracles 13 But Truth..is of much cooler Contemplation; as paying its Court to the Understanding only, by affording a regular View of its simple univocal Original.

†3.

a. Of or belonging to, characteristic of, things of the same name or species; esp. in univocal generation, normal or regular generation between male and female members of the same species. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [adjective] > species or sub-species

univocal1638

specific1650

subspecific1795

conspecific1859

racial1884

co-specific1889

relic1889

relict1899

intraspecific1919

monospecific1921

intraspecies1927

supraspecific1936

infra-specific1939

supraspecies1960

species-uniform1968

1638 T. Jackson Treat. Consecration Sonne of God ix. viii. §3 He which is as truly the Son of God..must needs be as absolutely eternal as the Deity,..otherwise the generation should be equivocal and imperfect, not univocal.

1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 6 Creatures..generated and produced from univocal generation or production, that is, from the coition of male and female of the same species.

1708 Brit. Apollo 13–18 Feb. Generation is Univocal: That is, a Species can be no otherwise naturally formed than by a seminal Production.

1750 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 656 Thus do these Principles..never deviate further than is consistent with univocal Generation.

1822 J. Fleming Philos. Zool. I. 23 A process which is termed Univocal or Regular Generation.

†b. Of actions, causes, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause

nigh1551

next1581

procatarctical1601

procatarctic1603

objective1620

defective1624

univocala1640

proximate1641

propinque1649

proxime1649

proegumene1650

proegumenal1656

con-causal1660

proegumenical1663

propinquate1665

proegumenous1676

synectical1697

proegumenic1711

proximous1724

proximal1828

synectic1869

monocausal1937

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > something of the same species

univocala1640

a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) I. 132 That which is spoken of causes univocall, necessary and proper.

1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized i. viii. 76 Grace in it self..cannot be the proper univocal cause of any evil effect.

1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica i. viii. 27 Action univocal is that by which the action produces an effect of its own species; action æquivocal, of a diverse.

†4. Made, uttered, etc., with or as if with one voice. Of consent, etc.: Unanimous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] > of beliefs, statements, or actions

universal1531

uniform1559

uniformal1574

unanime1610

univocal1615

unison1649

universanimous1649

unanimous1675

1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 242 Hee..is never free of the Company..till hee hath drunke out his Apprentise-hood among the grand Masters; and then with an vnivocall consent, hee may commend his Wares.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §61 548 It was their univocal Declaration, that [etc.].

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 153 They bellowed and roared with univocal Noise, not only in the City but, all over England.

B. n.

A univocal term or word.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > monosemy > [noun] > sign or word with only one meaning

univocal1728

monosign1940

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Univocals,..are defined by Aristotle to be those Things whose Name is common, and the Reason corresponding to the Name, that is, the Definition of the Idea affix'd to it, the same.

1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. ii If infinite men, horses, and a multitude of other univocals, are produced in an infinite time.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 362 Regius, arquatus, aurigo, are not indeed univocals, but very clearly equivalents.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	univocal
释义	univocaladj.n. Brit. /juːˈnɪvəkl/, /ˌjuːnɪˈvəʊkl/, U.S. /juˈnɪvək(ə)l/, /ˌjunəˈvoʊk(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s vnyuocal(le. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ūnivocus having one meaning ( < Latin ūni- uni- comb. form + vōc- , vōx voice n.) + -al suffix¹. So Italian univoco , Spanish univoco , Portuguese univoco , French univoque (see univoque adj.). A. adj. 1. †a. Of symptoms, signs, etc.: Indicative of, signifying, or denoting one thing; certain or unmistakable in significance. Chiefly Medicine. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > symptom > [adjective] > of symptoms: unmistakable univocal?1541 univoque?1541 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective] > in meaning sure1493 univocal?1541 univoque?1541 inequivocal1779 unequivocal1785 rousing1836 resounding1873 unequivocable1921 graphic1937 full-frontal1971 ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiij^v Fyrste than in procedynge..to the knowlege of the vnyuocal sygnes. ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiij^v The sygnes of lepry aswel equyuocalles as vnyuocalles. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Univocal Signs (in Surgery) are certain Accidents or Signs of the Fracture of the Scull,..distinguish'd from others termed Equivocal. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. i. 5 No less illustrious, but more univocal Marks of Truth, that God hath been pleased to impress upon his Dispensations. 1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 405 Though this be one symptom,..yet it is not an univocal or infallible one. b. Of terms, etc.: Having only one proper meaning or signification; admitting or capable of a single interpretation or explanation; of which the meaning is unmistakable; unambiguous.Opposed to equivocal adj. 2. Now esp. in Logic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adjective] > having single meaning univocal1656 1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 285 The same name would signifie God and a Creature, in the same signification, and would be univocall. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. vi. 88 The crown and horn are in the sacred scripture univocal expressions of glory and dignity. 1671 R. Baxter How Far Holinesse xxviii. 9 It is but Analogically called either Holiness or Morality, and not in a proper or univocal sense. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. iv. §6 Univocal words are such as signify but one idea, or at least but one sort of thing. 1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic i. §3. 4 An explication of what is meant by univocal words, what by equivocal. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. ii. §8 A name is univocal, or applied univocally with respect to all things of which it can be predicated in the same sense. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. xvii. 500 The different significations of the same word: the univocal and the equivocal. 1892 Tablet 28 May 848 Declaring in terms which are simply univocal [etc.]. †c. Music. (See quot. 1786) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [adjective] > unison > applied to octave univocal1786 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Univocal, the epithet applied by Ptolemy to the octave and its replicates. [Hence in some later Dicts.] †2. Uniform, homogeneous; not exhibiting variation or deviation; confined to one kind or nature.Frequently in the latter half of the 17th cent., esp. in the writings of Jeremy Taylor; in some instances it is difficult to determine the precise sense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] oneOE consimilec1400 suinga1425 even?c1425 agreeable1512 uniform1540 consemblable?1541 suant1547 constantc1550 just?1556 similar1563 similary1564 unvaried1570 uniformal1574 consimilar1577 homogeneana1601 homogeneal1603 homogene1607 invariable1607 of a piece1607 undistinguisheda1616 univocal1615 immutable1621 uniformable1632 solemn1639 homogeneous1646 consistent1651 pariformal1651 self-consistent1651 congeniousa1656 level1655 undiversificated1659 equal1663 of one make1674 invarieda1676 congenerous1683 undiversified1684 equable1693 solid1699 consisting1700 tranquil1794 unbranching1826 horizontal1842 sole1845 self-similar1847 homoeomeric1865 equiformal1883 monochrome1970 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 28 A dead or mortified part..may not be called a part but equiuocally, because it hath not an vniuocall forme with the whole. 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xiii. 201 When the actions and perswasions of a sect..are univocall. 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. xx. 255 The joyes of religion are not univocal but productive of..præternatural pleasures. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 156 So, from the univocall, simple, and homogeneall immortall minde, should so many properties and inclinations of men badly be fetched. 1727 W. Warburton Crit. & Philos. Enq. Causes Prodigies & Miracles 13 But Truth..is of much cooler Contemplation; as paying its Court to the Understanding only, by affording a regular View of its simple univocal Original. †3. a. Of or belonging to, characteristic of, things of the same name or species; esp. in univocal generation, normal or regular generation between male and female members of the same species. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [adjective] > species or sub-species univocal1638 specific1650 subspecific1795 conspecific1859 racial1884 co-specific1889 relic1889 relict1899 intraspecific1919 monospecific1921 intraspecies1927 supraspecific1936 infra-specific1939 supraspecies1960 species-uniform1968 1638 T. Jackson Treat. Consecration Sonne of God ix. viii. §3 He which is as truly the Son of God..must needs be as absolutely eternal as the Deity,..otherwise the generation should be equivocal and imperfect, not univocal. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 6 Creatures..generated and produced from univocal generation or production, that is, from the coition of male and female of the same species. 1708 Brit. Apollo 13–18 Feb. Generation is Univocal: That is, a Species can be no otherwise naturally formed than by a seminal Production. 1750 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 656 Thus do these Principles..never deviate further than is consistent with univocal Generation. 1822 J. Fleming Philos. Zool. I. 23 A process which is termed Univocal or Regular Generation. †b. Of actions, causes, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause nigh1551 next1581 procatarctical1601 procatarctic1603 objective1620 defective1624 univocala1640 proximate1641 propinque1649 proxime1649 proegumene1650 proegumenal1656 con-causal1660 proegumenical1663 propinquate1665 proegumenous1676 synectical1697 proegumenic1711 proximous1724 proximal1828 synectic1869 monocausal1937 the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > something of the same species univocala1640 a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) I. 132 That which is spoken of causes univocall, necessary and proper. 1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized i. viii. 76 Grace in it self..cannot be the proper univocal cause of any evil effect. 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica i. viii. 27 Action univocal is that by which the action produces an effect of its own species; action æquivocal, of a diverse. †4. Made, uttered, etc., with or as if with one voice. Of consent, etc.: Unanimous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] > of beliefs, statements, or actions universal1531 uniform1559 uniformal1574 unanime1610 univocal1615 unison1649 universanimous1649 unanimous1675 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 242 Hee..is never free of the Company..till hee hath drunke out his Apprentise-hood among the grand Masters; and then with an vnivocall consent, hee may commend his Wares. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §61 548 It was their univocal Declaration, that [etc.]. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 153 They bellowed and roared with univocal Noise, not only in the City but, all over England. B. n. A univocal term or word. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > monosemy > [noun] > sign or word with only one meaning univocal1728 monosign1940 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Univocals,..are defined by Aristotle to be those Things whose Name is common, and the Reason corresponding to the Name, that is, the Definition of the Idea affix'd to it, the same. 1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. ii If infinite men, horses, and a multitude of other univocals, are produced in an infinite time. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 362 Regius, arquatus, aurigo, are not indeed univocals, but very clearly equivalents. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?1541
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