ambiguate en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguuslbor. English ambigu(ous) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ambiguate Stem of ambiguous (Latin ambiguus) + -ate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make more ambiguous.
Devlin's writings had fragmented the conservative position by conflating harm and morality, and had significantly ambiguated the conception of harm at the heart of the debate.
2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 7, in Illusion of Order:Marvell is as careful here to ambiguate the nature of his poem's speaker as he was in presenting the 'forward youth' of the 'Horatian Ode'.
1993, Thomas N. Corns, The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell:Immediately then Socrates will give counterexamples to this definition, ambiguating the definition. Laches will define courage as standing firm in battle. Socrates will ask about whether a person can be courageous in sickness, in business, […]
2016, Richard Gilmore, Searching for Wisdom in Movies:To ambiguate Jung means to read his texts as ambiguous, even when the statements they contain appear superficially unambiguous.
2013, Jean Kirsch, Murray Stein, How and Why We Still Read Jung: Personal and professional reflections:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ambiguating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ambiguated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ambiguated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| ambiguates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (10)
de verkomplizieren (to make more ambiguous) · pt ambiguizar (to make more ambiguous) · hu többértelművé tesz (to make more ambiguous) · fr ambiguïser (to make more ambiguous) · tr muğlaklaştırmak (to make more ambiguous) · pl uczynić niejednoznacznym (to make more ambiguous) · pl czynić niejednoznacznym (to make more ambiguous) · de komplizieren (to make more ambiguous) · es ambiguar (to make more ambiguous) · pt ambiguar (to make more ambiguous)