equivoque
Example Sentences
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A tide is always said to run,—but I thought of the tide without attending to the equivoque, which must be altered.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
Certain it was that Knight's disappointment at finding himself second or third in the field, at Elfride's momentary equivoque, and at her reluctance to be candid, brought him to the verge of cynicism.
From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy
“Yes, we are near the dawning,” mocked the old man, with loud, relentless equivoque.
From The Advocate by Charles Heavysege
Over this equivoque Dobbin shook a baffled head; and Lucinda laughed, glanced carelessly toward the stage to make sure that the act still was young, and offered to rise.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance
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 An Oxonian
