equivoque

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“Yes, we are near the dawning,” mocked the old man, with loud, relentless equivoque.

From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles

It almost always turns upon false relations and equivoque, whence jokers by profession usually possess minds as incorrect as they are superficial.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

One of the instances of the evils arising from the equivoque between faith and intellectual satisfaction or insight.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Aberdonian pronunciation produced on one occasion a curious equivoque between the minister and a mother of a family with whom he was conversing in a pastoral way.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

The meaning now is, 'I will end my task faithfully, with an equivoque on 'I will end La Busse, or the play containing him as a character, faithfully.'

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)