单词 | sciscitation |
释义 | † sciscitationn. Obsolete. The action or an act of questioning. Chiefly in without sciscitation: unquestioningly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] askingeOE speeringa1100 frayninga1300 questionc1384 inquiringc1386 inquirance1412 inquirea1500 inquiry1565 sciscitation1618 questioninga1635 enquestiona1641 querying1652 popping1710 inquiration1789 1618 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. IV. N.T. i. 369 There is not a more noble proofe of our faith, then..without all sciscitations to goe blindfold, whither hee will lead vs. 1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John ix. 7 He believeth and doth as he was bidden, without sciscitation. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 132 Abraham..immediately departed without sciscitation or carnal reasonings. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Scissitation, an Enquiring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1618 |
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