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unˈdoubtable, a. (and adv.)
[un-1 7 b, 5 b.]
That cannot be doubted; indubitable.
c1425St. Christina Prol. 40 in Anglia VIII. 119 As wee haue leeryd be ful certeyne and vndoutabil tellynge. 1529More Dyaloge iv. Wks. 265/1 That the gospell he had preached, was the plain, sure and undoubtable trouth. 1611Cotgr., Indubitable, vndoubtable. 1665J. Sergeant Sure Footing 233 How can their Authority ever come to be undoubtable or certain? 1815Lamb Lett. (1888) I. 284 Let me..mention that my brother..has picked up an undoubtable picture of Milton. 1870Daily News 21 Oct., The leading facts..I have..from an undoubtable source.
†b. As adv. = next. Obs.
c1440Alph. Tales 196 Þat þou may trow vndowtable at þe rysyng of deade folk sall be trew. 1513Douglas æneid vi. v. 56 Anchises get!.. Discend vndowtable of the goddis blude. |