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dubitations

dubitations is the plural of dubitation.

Meaning of dubitation

Noun

dubitation (usually uncountable, plural dubitations)

  1. (archaic, usually) The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.
    • I … Alle that my progenitouris hath … seyn, ffeythfully beleve withowtyn alle dubytacion.circa 1450, Coventry Mystery Plays, page 67 (Shakespeare Society; published 1841–53)
    Synonyms:
    doubtfulness
  2. (countable, obsolete, usually) A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.
    • The trewe inuocacion of God thorow Cryst, thei haue turned it into a dowtfull dubitacion.1545, George Joye, chapter 12, in The Exposicion of Daniel the Prophete
  3. (countable, usually) A pang or expression of doubt.
    • Altercations, disputations and dubitations of, in and about Mystic Theologie.1683, John Pordage, edited by Edward Hooker, Theologica Mystica, or The Mystic Divinitie of the Æternal Invisibles, page 99

Questions about dubitations

What is dubitations the plural of?
Dubitations is the plural of dubitation.

Words near dubitations in the dictionary

  1. dubitate
  2. dubitated
  3. dubitates
  4. dubitating
  5. dubitation
  6. dubitations
  7. dubitatioun
  8. dubitative
  9. dubitatively
  10. dubki
  11. dubkis

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