Ambiguities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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