EQUIVALUE
E`qui*val"ue, v. t.
Defn: To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing. W. Taylor.
EQUIVALVE; EQUIVALVED
E"qui*valve, E"qui*valved, a. Etym: [Equi- + valve.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.
EQUIVALVULAR
E`qui*val"vu*lar, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.
EQUIVOCACY
E*quiv"o*ca*cy, n.
Defn: Equivocalness.
EQUIVOCAL E*quiv"o*cal, a. Etym: [L. aequivocus: aequus equal + vox, vocis, word. See Equal, and Voice, and cf. Equivoque.]
1. (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence. For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or equivocal a nature as to be visible only to learned eyes. Jeffrey.