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▪ I. ˈdoubting, vbl. n.
[f. doubt v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb doubt; feeling of uncertainty, hesitation; † apprehension, fear.
1375Barbour Bruce xiv. 230 The gud erll had gret dowtyne That of thair men suld dronken be. 1486Surtees Misc. (1890) 57 Have you no drede nor no dowting. 1531Frith Jdgm. upon Tracy (1829) 247 There can be no doubting or mistrust. a1628Preston Effectual Faith (1631) 24 We may say of doubting as we say of Thistles, they are ill weeds, but the ground is fat and good where they grow. 1879O. W. Holmes Motley xv. 94 The record of that minister's unutterable doubtings.
▪ II. ˈdoubting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That doubts or is in uncertainty; of undecided opinion; † formerly also apprehensive, fearful. (See also Thomas 1.)
c1425Wyntoun Cron. ix. v. 110 Ane..Sa dowtand wes in þat debate. 1715De Foe Fam. Instruct. i. iii. (1841) I. 63 However doubting I am of the success. 1850Mrs. Browning Poet's Vow ii. v, She looked upon him silently With her large doubting eyes. 1877Sparrow Serm. xxii. 297 Who would send doubting Thomas to proclaim the resurrection of Christ?
Hence ˈdoubtingly adv., in a doubting or uncertain manner; hesitatingly; ˈdoubtingness.
a1535More Wks. 18 (R.) He that asketh doubtingly, asketh coldly. 1653Baxter Chr. Concord ii. A iv b, They must act doubtingly and not in Faith. 1840Mrs. Trollope in New Monthly Mag. LIX. 466 All the humility and self⁓doubtingness. 1842Pusey Crisis Eng. Ch. 19 Churches..which, at best, own us but doubtingly. |