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Webster 1913 Edition


Homonymous

Ho-mon′y-mous

,
Adj.
[L.
homonymus
, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] the same + [GREEK], for [GREEK] name; akin to E.
name
.]
1.
Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; – opposed to heteronymous.
2.
Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.

Webster 1828 Edition


Homonymous

HOMON'YMOUS

,
Adj.
[Gr. like, and name.] Equivocal; ambiguous; that has different significations, or may be applied to different things.