Meaning of univocacy | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality or state of being univocal.

uncountable

Examples

“The Aequivocall production of things under undiscerned principles makes a large part of generation, though they seem to hold⟳ a wide univocacy in their set⟳ and certain Originals, while almost every plant⟳ breeds its peculiar insect, most a Butterfly, moth or fly⟳, wherein Oak seems to contain⟳ the largest seminality, while the Julus, Oak-apple, pill, woolly tuft, foraminous roundles upon the leaf, and grapes under ground make⟳ a Fly⟳ with some difference.”

“Hippolytus' wish⟳ for singleness and purity mirrors Phaedra's wish⟳ for uniivocacy of language.”

“The univocacy of number⟳ and the intimate connection between number⟳ and existence should convince⟳ us that there is at least a very good reason⟳ to think⟳ that existence is univocal.”

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