dubitation
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[edit] Etymology
From the French dubitation.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: dyo͞obĭtāʹshən, IPA: /djuːbɪˈteɪʃən/, SAMPA: /dju:bI"teIS@n/
- (US) IPA: /ˌdu.bɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdju.bɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
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[edit] Noun
dubitation (usually uncountable; plural dubitations)
- (uncountable) The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.
- circa 1450, Coventry Mystery Plays, page 67 (Shakespeare Society; published 1841–53)
- I…Alle that my progenitouris hath…seyn, ffeythfully beleve withowtyn alle dubytacion.
- 1570, George Buchanan, Chamæleon, page 51
- The Chamæleon…eftir sum dubitatioun come to Striueling.
- 1867, George MacDonald, Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood, chapter 32
- All my dubitation and distress were gone, for I had something to do, although what I could not yet tell.
- circa 1450, Coventry Mystery Plays, page 67 (Shakespeare Society; published 1841–53)
- (countable, obsolete) A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.
- 1545, George Joye, The Exposicion of Daniel the Prophete, chapter 12
- The trewe inuocacion of God thorow Cryst, thei haue turned it into a dowtfull dubitacion.
- 1545, George Joye, The Exposicion of Daniel the Prophete, chapter 12
- (countable) A pang or expression of doubt.
- 1683, John Pordage [aut.] and Edward Hooker [ed.], Theologica Mystica, or The Mystic Divinitie of the Æternal Invisibles, page 99
- Altercations, disputations and dubitations of, in and about Mystic Theologie.
- 1841, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, chapter 4
- [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.
- 1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Wylder’s Hand, chapter 43
- These terrors and dubitations are infectious.
- 1683, John Pordage [aut.] and Edward Hooker [ed.], Theologica Mystica, or The Mystic Divinitie of the Æternal Invisibles, page 99
[edit] Synonyms
- (state of being in doubt): doubtfulness
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Terms etymologically related to dubitation
[edit] Translations
process of doubting
pang or expression of doubt
[edit] References
- “dubitation” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2ⁿᵈ ed., 1989]
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From the Latin dubitātiō.
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[edit] Noun
dubitation f. (plural dubitations)
- (literary) Dubitation: the action of putting in doubt, or a state of doubt.
- (rhetoric) A figure in which a writer or speaker expresses or feigns doubt, for example to forestall objections.
[edit] Descendants
- English: dubitation
[edit] References
- "dubitation" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
