a. [ L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One, and Voice. ] 1. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Aristotelian Logic) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A word having but one meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. [ 1913 Webster ]

How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin? Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]