Meaning of dubitation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.
   archaic, uncountable, usually
2. A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.
   countable, obsolete, usually
3. A pang or expression of doubt.
   countable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“I … Alle that my progenitouris hath … seyn, ffeythfully beleve withowtyn alle dubytacion.”

“The Chamæleon [...] eftir sum dubitatioun come⟳ to Striueling.”

“All my dubitation and distress were gone, for I had something to do, although what I could not yet tell⟳.”

“The trewe inuocacion of God thorow Cryst, thei haue turned it into a dowtfull dubitacion.”

“Altercations, disputations and dubitations of, in and about Mystic Theologie.”

“[T]he deep earnest soul of the man had fallen into all manner of black scruples, dubitations; he believed himself likely to die⟳ soon, and far worse than die⟳.”

“Poor William Wylder had those special troubles which haunt nervous temperaments and speculative minds, when under the solemn influence⟳ of religion. [...] These terrors and dubitations are infections.”

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