AMBAGE


Meaning of AMBAGE in English

[am.bage] n, pl am.ba.ges [back-formation fr. ME ambages, fr. MF or L; MF, fr. L, fr. ambi- + agere to drive--more at agent] (14c) 1 archaic: ambiguity, circumlocution--usu. used in pl.

2. pl, archaic: indirect ways or proceedings

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