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Definition of Dubitations
1. dubitation [n] - See also: dubitation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dubitations
Literary usage of Dubitations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"Wherefore I report as deficient a calendar of dubitations, or problems in nature,
and approve the undertaking of such a work as a profitable pains; ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"I rejoined that my achievements would resolve his dubitations and debates ; I
was absolutely sure of being able to perform far more than I had promised for ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Pedder, DC Italian as an agricultural laborer. Ann. Am. Pensions and homes.
Contemp. 94: 743-7. D. dubitations. Westm. 171: 663-9. Je. '09. Homes. 6: 426-8. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"... the Godwin Swift of S. s dubitations, by his third wife Hannah, the only child
and heiress of Admiral Deane (married 1673), of the which branch I am in ..."
5. I Promessi Sposi: (The Betrothed) by Alessandro Manzoni (1909)
"So capital an agreement cut short all Renzo's economical dubitations, so that he
quickly decided upon ..."
6. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"I rejoined that my achievements would resolve his dubitations and debates; I was
absolutely sure of being able to perform far more than I had promised for ..."
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