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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ambiguity \Am`bi*gu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Ambiguities}. [L.
ambiguitas, fr. ambiguus: cf. F. ambiguit['e].]
The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or
uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of
language, arising from its admitting of more than one
meaning; an equivocal word or expression.
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No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be
pursued. --I. Taylor.
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The words are of single signification, without any
ambiguity. --South.
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