Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a univocal manner; in one sense or tenor; not equivocally; unmistakably.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
univocal way.
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Examples
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It behoves us, then, to remember that terms are not classifiable into Univocal and Æquivocal, but that all terms are susceptible of being used æquivocally, and that honesty and lucidity require us to try, as well as we can, to use each term univocally in the same context.
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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If God applied to God univocally, meaning exactly the same, then we would be able to know the true God, which we cannot.
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On the other hand, things are said to be named 'univocally' which have both the name and the definition answering to the name in common.
Categoriae. English 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle
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"univocally," and its synonyms or quasi-synonyms, in the different usages, are themselves things "kittle" to deal with.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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If Democrats offer solutions to problems and Republicans univocally say "no," why is that "Washington gridlock" instead of Republican obstructionism?
Ian Gurvitz: 20 Post-Midterm Questions Ian Gurvitz 2010
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If Democrats offer solutions to problems and Republicans univocally say "no," why is that "Washington gridlock" instead of Republican obstructionism?
Ian Gurvitz: 20 Post-Midterm Questions Ian Gurvitz 2010
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If Democrats offer solutions to problems and Republicans univocally say "no," why is that "Washington gridlock" instead of Republican obstructionism?
Ian Gurvitz: 20 Post-Midterm Questions Ian Gurvitz 2010
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I'd also restore the Placeat Tibi at least as an option because it expresses univocally the propitiatory nature of the Sacrifice.
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The third category affirm God's moral attributes but deny the immortality of the human soul and deny that moral terms apply univocally between God and humans, which in practice leads to the denial of a future state after death.
Samuel Clarke Vailati, Ezio 2009
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The Categories opens with a brief characterization of terms used equivocally, such as ˜animal™ used of real human beings and pictured human beings, and terms used univocally, such as
Medieval Theories of Analogy Ashworth, E. Jennifer 2009
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