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dubitation|djuːbɪˈteɪʃən|
[a. F. dubitation (13th c.), ad. L. dubitātiōn-em, n. of action f. dubitāre to doubt.]
The action or condition of doubting; doubt, uncertainty; hesitation. b. An instance of this; † a matter of doubt (obs.).
c1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 67 I..Alle that my progenitouris hath..seyn, ffeythfully beleve withowtyn alle dubytacion. 1570Buchanan Chamæleon Wks. (1892) 51 The Chamæleon..eftir sum dubitatioun come to Striueling. c1645Howell Lett. I. v. xxi, It is as true a rule, that..dubitation is the beginning of all knowledg. a1734North Exam. i. i. (1740) 28 Lest the Author should think himself affronted by this Dubitation touching his Story. 1814Scott Wav. xli, ‘Beyond a shadow of dubitation.’ 1891Spectator 14 Mar., The assertion, made with no dubitation or reserve.
b.1545Joye Exp. Dan. xii. (R.), The trewe inuocacion of God thorow Cryst, thei haue turned it into a dowtfull dubitacion. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Ep. Pordage's Mystic Div. 99 Altercations, disputations and dubitations of, in and about Mystic Theologie. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. vii. vii, In the wreck of human dubitations, this remains indubitable, that Pleasure is pleasant. |