| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·quiv·o·cal |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -kwv  -kl |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous. See synonyms at ambiguous. 2. Of uncertain significance. 3. Of a doubtful or uncertain nature. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Late Latin aequivocus : Latin aequi-, equi- + Latin voc re, to call; see wekw- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | e·quiv o·cali·ty (-k l-t ) , e·quivo·cal·ness —NOUN
e·quivo·cal·ly —ADVERB
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