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uneˈquivocal, a.
(un-1 7 and 5 b.)
In common use from about 1795.
1784Cowper Task v. 653 In the deed, The unequivocal authentic deed, We find sound argument. 1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 236 In the Highlands..men of years..are struck with the most unequivocal proofs of depopulation. 1838Thirlwall Greece xlii. V. 213 He..aided him in several acts of unequivocal hostility against his country. 1858Sears Athan. iii. v. 294 This..is here asserted by the Apostle in most unequivocal language. 1871Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue 340 An adjectival form which should be unequivocal.
Hence uneˈquivocalness.
1846Worcester (citing Godwin). 1873G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind (Ser. 1) I. 58 The chief distinction between his [sc. the geometer's] probabilities and those of the physicist or biologist, lies in the greater simplicity or unequivocalness of his terms. |