(thing) by Eraser_ Sun Nov 05 2000 at 21:59:39
ambiguous: having more than one possible meaning; equivocal.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:45:05

Am*big"u*ous (#), a. [L. ambiguus, fr. ambigere to wander about, waver; amb- + agere to drive.]

Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.

What have been thy answers? What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding? Milton.

Syn. -- Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct; indeterminate; indefinite. See Equivocal.

 

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