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- noun Plural form of
amphibology .
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Examples
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For many times, in their interpretation, right witty, learned, and ingenious men have been deceived through amphibologies, equivoques, and obscurity of words, no less than by the brevity of their sentences.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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For many times, in their interpretation, right witty, learned, and ingenious men have been deceived through amphibologies, equivoques, and obscurity of words, no less than by the brevity of their sentences.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Hence equivocations and amphibologies came to be called mental restrictions or reservations.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Such expressions as "He is not at home" were called equivocations, or amphibologies, and when there was good reason for using them their lawfulness was admitted by all.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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I have discovered that nothing is adduced by more recent theologians for the lawful use of _amphibologies_ which has not been made use of already by the ancients, whether philosophers or some Fathers, in defence of lies.
Apologia pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1845
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It's easier to get a message across if you don't commit amphibologies - a verbal fallacy arising from an ambiguous grammatical construction.
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For many times, in their interpretation, right witty, learned, and ingenious men have been deceived through amphibologies, equivoques, and obscurity of words, no less than by the brevity of their sentences.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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