01 a. Ambiguous; doubtful.
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Ambiguous; doubtful.[Obs.]“Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel -- both parties declaring themselves for the king.” — Howell.
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Capable of two meanings.(Logic)“An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, not from the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting of a double construction; e. g., “The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose.”” — Whately.