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Webster 1913 Edition
Ambages
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Am-ba′ges
,Noun.
pl.
[L. (usually in pl.); pref.
ambi-
, amb-
+ agere
to drive: cf. F. ambage
.] A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
After many
ambages
, perspicuously define what this melancholy is. Burton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ambages
AMBA'GES
,Noun.
1.
A circumlocution; a circuit of words to express ideas which may be expressed in fewer words.2.
A winding or turning.