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n.; pl. Dubiosities [ L. dubiosus. ] The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dubius, dubiosus, fr. duo two. See Two, and cf. Doubt. ] 1. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. “Dubious policy.” Sir T. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dubious, agitated state of mind. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious pocket handkerchief. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.

Syn. -- Doubtful; doubting; unsettled; undetermined; equivocal; uncertain. Cf. Doubtful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dubious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being dubious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dubitabilis. Cf. Doubtable. ] Liable to be doubted; uncertain. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. -- Du"bi*ta*bly, adv. [R.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ LL. dubitantia. ] Doubt; uncertainty. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. dubitatus, p. p. of dubitare. See Doubt. ] To doubt. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If he . . . were to loiter dubitating, and not come. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dubitatio. ] Act of doubting; doubt. [ R. ] Sir T. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dubitativus: cf. F. dubitatif. ] Tending to doubt; doubtful. [ R. ] -- Du"bi*ta*tive*ly, adv. [R.] . Eliot. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. indubius. See In- not, and Dubious. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not dubious or doubtful; certain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not doubting; unsuspecting. “Indubious confidence.” Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt; indubitableness.
Syn. -- indisputability, unquestionability, unquestionableness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. indubitabilis: cf. F. indubitable. See In- not, and Dubitable. ] Not dubitable or doubtful; too evident to admit of doubt; unquestionable; evident; apparently certain; as, an indubitable conclusion. -- n. That which is indubitable.

Syn. -- Unquestionable; evident; incontrovertible; incontestable; undeniable; irrefragable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being indubitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Undoubtedly; unquestionably; in a manner to remove all doubt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oracles indubitably clear and infallibly certain. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indubitatus; pref. in- not + dubitatus, p. p. of dubitare to doubt. ] Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. indubitatus, p. p. of indubitare; pref. in- in + dubitare to doubt. ] To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To conceal, or indubitate, his exigency. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]