UNIVOCAL

a. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.

2.
a.

Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.

3.
a.

Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

4.
a.

Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

5.
n.

A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.

6.
n.

A word having but one meaning.


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