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† ˈcautelousness Obs. [f. as prec. + -ness.] Cautelous quality: a. craftiness; b. wariness.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xv. xlii. 395 Be they with never so much cautelousnesse and subtill circumspection clouded. a1624Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 156 For cautelousnesse to looke ere we leape. 1657Baxter Present Th. 39 A very great cautelousness..would be necessary. |