equivoque
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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 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The old ruffian grinned, and appeared to comprehend and to enjoy the equivoque.
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. by Thomas De Quincey
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 A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
It was not the first equivoque I had experienced; and this should have rendered me less confident of the evidence of my senses.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
At the outset we must come to an understanding as to this word "image," and endeavour to free the word "vision" from all equivoque.
From The Principles of Success in Literature by George Henry Lewes
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