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Amphibology means (archaic) Amphiboly..
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/amfɪˈbɒlədʒi/ · noun
(archaic) Amphiboly..
In Athens men learn'd […] to resolve a sophisticall argument, and to confound the imposture and amphibologie of words, captiously enterlaced together […]
[T]he fallacie of Æquivocation and Amphibologie, […] conclude from the ambiguity of ſome vvord, or the ambiguous ſintaxis of many put together.
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Amphibology means (archaic) Amphiboly..
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In Athens men learn'd […] to resolve a sophisticall argument, and to confound the imposture and amphibologie of words, captiously enterlaced together […]
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