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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 885 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AMPHIBOLOGY , or AaMPHIBOLY (Gr. aµct.ifoXia), in See also:

LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic, a verbal See also:

FALLACY (Lat. fall-ax, apt to mislead)

fallacy arising from See also:

AMBIGUITY (Fr. ambiguite, med. Lat. ambiguitas, from Lat. ambiguus, doubtful; ambi, both ways, agere, to drive)

ambiguity in the grammatical structure of a See also:

SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence (Aristot., See also:

ORGANON (Gr. 6pyavov, instrument, from Epyov, work)

Organon,Soph., El., See also:

CHAP

chap. iv.) .

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