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indefinity rare.|ɪndɪˈfɪnɪtɪ|
[f. indefinite, after infinity: see -ity.]
†1. = prec. 1. Obs.
1623Cockeram ii, Endlesnes, indifinity. 1678Cudworth intell. Syst. Contents (i. v. 643) This potential Infinity or Indefinity of Body, seems to be mistaken for an actual Infinity of Space.
2. = prec. 2.
a1734North Exam. i. iii. §38 (1740) 144 He can..come off, upon the Ambiguity or Indefinity of his Expressions. 1882Fraser's Mag. XXV. 487 Branch lines..only to be entered upon after the ominous ‘change’ to whose convenient indefinity the porter stentoriously invites us. |