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[Eng. univers (e); suff. -ology.] The science of the universe. A science intended to cover the whole ground of philosophy, the exact and physical sciences, and sociology. *u-niv-o-ca-çỹ, s. [ Eng.univoca (1); -cy.] The quality or state of being univocal. *u-niv-o-cal, a. . [Lat. univocus , from unus =one, and vox (gen it. vocis )=a voice, a sound; Fr. univoque .] A. As adjective : 1. Having only one meaning; having the meaning certain and unmistakable. " Univocal words are such as signify but one idea, or at least but one sort of thing; house, elephant, may be called univocal words, for I know not that they signify anything else but those ideas to which they are generally affixed."- Watts : Logic , bk. i., ch. iv. 2. Having unison in sounds; as the octave in music and its replicates. 3. Certain, regular; pursuing always one tenor. "This conceit conceives in equivocal effects, and univocal conformity unto the efficient."- Browne : Vulgar Errors. 4. Certain, sure; not to be doubted or mistaken. "They are commonly the true mothers, the univocal parents of their productions."- Bp . Taylor: Rule of Con science , bk. ii., ch. iii. B. As subst.: A word having only one meaning or signification; a generic word, or a word predicable of many different species, as fish, tree, . u-niv-o-cal-ly, adv. [Eng. univocal; -ly. ] 1. In a univocal manner; in one sense; unmistakably, unequivocally. "How is sin univocally distinguished into veniall and mortall, if the veniall bee no sinne?"- Bp . Hall : No Peace with Rome , § 13. 2. In one tenor. "All creatures are generated univocally by parents of their own kind; there is no such thing as spontaneous generation."- Ray : On the Creation. *u-niv-o-ca-tion, s. [UNIVOCAL.] Agreement of name and meaning. "The uni vocation of Tartar cities with those of Israel." Whiston. Mem. (1749), p. 583. *un-jar-ring, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. jar ring .] Harmonious. ( Adams : Works , ii. 294.) *un-jâun-diçed, a. [Pref. un- (1), and English jaundiced .] Not jaundiced; hence, not affected with envy, jealousy, or the like; unprejudiced. "With an unjaundiced eye." Cowper: To Dr. Darwin. *un-jealous, a . [Pref.un-(1), and Eng.jealous .] Not jealous; free from jealousy. "The gentle and unjealous temper of the king."-Clarendon: Papal Usurpation , vol. i., ch. x.