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Webster 1913 Edition

Univocal

U-niv′o-cal

,
Adj.
[L.
univocus
;
unus
one +
vox
,
vocis
, a voice, word. See
One
, and
Voice
.]
1.
Having one meaning only; – contrasted with
equivocal
.
2.
Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See
Unison
,
Noun.
, 2.
3.
Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.
4.
Unequivocal; indubitable.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.

U-niv′o-cal

,
Noun.
1.
(Aristotelian Logic)
A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.
2.
A word having but one meaning.

Webster 1828 Edition

Univocal

UNIV'OCAL

,
Adj.
[L. unus, one, and vox, word.]
1.
Having one meaning only. A univocal word is opposed to an equivocal, which has two or more significations.
2.
Having unison of sounds; as the octave in music and its replicates.
3.
Certain; regular; pursuing always one tenor. [Little used.]

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