Am-phib'o-loûs, a.

a. [Gr. ἀμφίβολος, thrown about, doubtful; Lat. amphibolus. See AMPHIBOLE.] 1. Tossed from one to another; striking each way, with mutual blows. [Obs.] Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel—both parties declaring themselves for the king. Howell. 2. Capable of two meanings. An amphibolous sentence, one that is capable of two meanings, not from the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting of a double construction: e. g., “The duke yet lives that Harry will depose.” Whately.