a. [f. L. amphibol-us (a. Gr. ἀμφίβολ-ος: see AMPHIBOLE) + -OUS.]

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  † 1.  Ambiguous, of double or doubtful character.

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1644.  England’s Tears, in Harl. Misc. (Malh.), V. 447. Never [was] such an amphibolous quarrel, both parties declaring themselves for the King.

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1660.  Howell, Lex. Tetragl., A Crocodill, a kind of amphibolous creture, partly aquatil, partly terrestrial.

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  2.  Of language: Ambiguous in sense.

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1641.  March, Actions for Slander, 5. The law, in actions of Slaunder, admits that they shall be taken in the best sense where the words are amphibolus.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Amphibolous, doubtful or doubtfully spoken.

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  3.  Path. Spreading on both sides.

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1880.  Legg, Bile, 86. Animals in whom an amphibolous biliary fistula had been made.

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