Part 3512

<i>Davy.</i>

<h1>Dubiety</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du*bi"e*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dubieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>dubietas</ets>, fr. <ets>dubius</ets>. See <er>Dubious</er>.]</ety> <def>Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>Lamb</i>. "The <i>dubiety</i> of his fate."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Dubiosity</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du`bi*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dubiosities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>dubiosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Men often swallow falsities for truths, <b>dubiosities</b> for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dubious</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"bi*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dubius</ets>, <ets>dubiosus</ets>, fr. <ets>duo</ets> two. See <er>Two</er>, and cf. <er>Doubt</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.</def> "<i>Dubious</i> policy."

<i>Sir T. Scott.</i>

<blockquote>A <b>dubious</b>, agitated state of mind.

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; <as>as, a <ex>dubious</ex> answer</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more <b>dubious</b> pocket handkerchief. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of uncertain event or issue; <as>as, in <ex>dubious</ex> battle</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Doubtful; doubting; unsettled; undetermined; equivocal; uncertain. Cf. <er>Doubtful</er>.</syn>

<h1>Dubiously</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"bi*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dubious manner.</def>

<h1>Dubiousness</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"bi*ous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being dubious.</def>

<h1>Dubitable</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"bi*ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dubitabilis</ets>. Cf. <er>Doubtable</er>.]</ety> <def>Liable to be doubted; uncertain.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>Dr. H. More</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Du"bi*ta*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[R.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Dubitancy</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"bi*tan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dubitantia</ets>.]</ety> <def>Doubt; uncertainty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Dubitate</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"bi*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dubitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dubitare</ets>. See <er>Doubt</er>.]</ety> <def>To doubt.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>