单词 | univocally |
释义 | univocallyadv. 1. So as to mean only one thing or species; in one and the same sense; with one meaning or signification; hence, unmistakably, unambiguously. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adverb] > with single meaning univocally1593 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adverb] > with clear meaning univocally1593 unequivocally1795 fairly and squarely1827 fair and square1854 unequivocably1917 1593 T. Bell Motives Romish Faith ii. viii. 109 If matrimony be a sacrament properly and univocally so called. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 73 The generall definition,..of a servant is univocally the same, 1 in legall servants, 2 in servants to sin [etc.]. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. vi. §42. 363 You have not set down cleerely and univocally what you mean by it. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. ii. iii. 248 That nothing can predicate univocally of God and the Creature is most evident. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Predicable A Predicable is a Nature which may be predicated univocally of all things to which it is common. c1790 T. Reid Let. in Wks. (1846) I. 75/2 The same word may be applied to different things in three ways:..Univocally, when the things are species of the same genus [etc.]. 1842 Sir W. Hamilton in Reid's Wks. (1846) I. 205/2 If the names..were to be employed univocally—i.e., to denote always things the same or similar. 1874 Contemp. Rev. 24 788 As if every tyro in theology did not know that not even ‘being’ could be predicated univocally of God and of any creature. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [adverb] > species or sub-species specially1628 univocallya1676 subspecifically1837 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ix. 207 Animals which are perfect and univocally generated. 1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) ii. 328 All Creatures are generated Univocally by Parents of their own kind. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Equivocation The Moderns..hold that all Animals, nay and Vegetables too, are Univocally produced, that is, by Parent Animals. 3. With one voice; unanimously. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adverb] with (also of) one mouthOE with (also of, at) one accordc1275 common assentc1300 at onec1320 with one stevenc1320 at a voicea1325 at one wordc1325 covinlichec1330 in one (also o) voicea1393 with one (also o, a) voice?a1400 in one vote1546 of all hands1548 perlassent1548 una voce1567 by common consent1574 consentively1578 concordably1579 currently1593 unanimately1599 by or with one assent1611 unanimously1611 unanimely1625 consentingly1660 harmoniously1671 univocally1671 consentaneously1817 concurringly1840 solidly1865 solid1884 1671 J. Webster Metallographia xviii. 255 Therefore the..Secretaries of this Philosophy do univocally testifie, that [etc.]. 1862 Temple Bar 6 171 All bellowed out univocally that the sole object..was to drive dull care away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1593 |
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