U*niv"o*cal (?), a. [L. univocus;
unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One,
and Voice.] 1. Having one meaning only; --
contrasted with equivocal.
2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music.
See Unison, n., 2.
3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform;
certain; regular. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] Jer.
Taylor.
U*niv"o*cal, n. 1.
(Aristotelian Logic) A generic term, or a term applicable in
the same sense to all the species it embraces.
2. A word having but one meaning.
U*niv"o*cal (?), a. [L. univocus;
unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One,
and Voice.] 1. Having one meaning only; --
contrasted with equivocal.
2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music.
See Unison, n., 2.
3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform;
certain; regular. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] Jer.
Taylor.
U*niv"o*cal, n. 1.
(Aristotelian Logic) A generic term, or a term applicable in
the same sense to all the species it embraces.
2. A word having but one meaning.