Meaning of ambiguate | Babel Free

Definitions

To make more ambiguous.

transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Marvell is as careful here to ambiguate the nature of his poem's speaker as he was in presenting the 'forward⟳ youth' of the 'Horatian Ode'.”

“Devlin's writings had fragmented the conservative position by conflating harm⟳ and morality, and had significantly ambiguated the conception of harm⟳ at the heart of the debate⟳.”

“To ambiguate Jung means to read⟳ his texts as ambiguous, even when the statements they contain⟳ appear⟳ superficially unambiguous.”

“Immediately then Socrates will give⟳ counterexamples to this definition, ambiguating the definition. Laches will define⟳ courage as standing firm in battle. Socrates will ask⟳ about whether a person can be courageous in sickness, in business, […]”

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