ambage
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am·bage
(ăm′bĭj)n. Archaic
1. often ambages Ambiguity.
2. ambages Winding ways or indirect proceedings.
[Back-formation from Middle English ambages, equivocation, from Latin ambāges : amb-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
am·ba′gious (ăm-bā′jəs) adj.
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ambage
(ˈæmbɪdʒ)n
ambiguity
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