Definition of Amphebolous
Am*phib"o*lous (&?;), a. [L.
amphibolus, Gr. &?; thrown about, doubtful. See
Amphibole.]
1. Ambiguous; doubtful. [Obs.]
Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel -- both
parties declaring themselves for the king.
Howell.
2. (Logic) Capable of two
meanings.
An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two
meanings, not from the double sense of any of the words, but from its
admitting of a double construction; e. g., "The duke yet
lives that Henry shall depose."
Whately.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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