( Thus ( , ( it ( ( ( was ( possible ( for ( two individuals ) ) ) ) ( to ( honestly ( use ( a ( single ( term ( to ( mean ( two ( distinctly ( different things ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB Thus)) (, ,) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (JJ possible) (PP (IN for) (NP (CD two) (NNS individuals)))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (ADVP (RB honestly)) (VB use) (NP (DT a) (JJ single) (NN term) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB mean) (NP (CD two) (JJ distinctly) (JJ different) (NNS things)))))))))) (. .)))
Thus, it was possible for two individuals to honestly use a single term to mean two distinctly different things.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Individual)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN term)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (DT an) (NN organism)) (, ,) (CC or) (NP (JJ single) (VBG living) (NN thing)))))) (. .)))