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equivoque

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eq·ui·voque also eq·ui·voke  (kw-vk, kw-)
n.
1. An equivocal word or expression.
2. A pun.
3. A double meaning.
[French équivoque, from Late Latin aequivocus, ambiguous; see equivocal.]
equivoque, equivoke
1. an equivocal term or ambiguous expression.
2. a play upon words; pun.
See also: Punning


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Antonio hesitated a little in his answer, and stammered while giving it--"It was in the wars," at length he got out, and Julia admired the noble magnanimity which would not allow him, even in imagination, to suffer in a less glorious manner--notwithstanding his eye is safe and as beautiful as the other, he has suffered in the wars, thought our heroine, and it is pardonable for him to use the deception, situated as he is--it is nothing more than an equivoque.
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