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Out of doubt
(gcide) | Doubt \Doubt\, n. [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to
doubt. See Doubt, v. i.]
1. A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or
evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state
of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the
truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.
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Doubt is the beginning and the end of our efforts to
know. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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Doubt, in order to be operative in requiring an
acquittal, is not the want of perfect certainty
(which can never exist in any question of fact) but
a defect of proof preventing a reasonable assurance
of quilt. --Wharton.
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2. Uncertainty of condition.
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Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee. --Deut.
xxviii. 66.
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3. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread. [Obs.]
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I stand in doubt of you. --Gal. iv. 20.
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Nor slack her threatful hand for danger's doubt.
--Spenser.
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4. Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point
unsettled; objection.
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To every doubt your answer is the same. --Blackmore.
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No doubt, undoubtedly; without doubt.
Out of doubt, beyond doubt. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: Uncertainty; hesitation; suspense; indecision;
irresolution; distrust; suspicion; scruple; perplexity;
ambiguity; skepticism.
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