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| + | *a. That cannot be doubted; perfectly certain or evident. | ||
| − | + | 1625 CONWAY in Howell's Lett. I. IV. vii, Prince Charles, his rightful and indubitable Heir. 1678 CUDWORTH Intell. Syst. I. v. 716 Whensoever any [[thing]] is thus necessarily inferred, from what is undeniable and indubitable, this is a Demonstration. 1725 WATTS Logic II. ii. §7 Those Propositions, which contain the most certain and indubitable Truths. 1775 JOHNSON Tax. no Tyr. 13 That the Americans are able to bear taxation, is indubitable. 1871 BLACKIE Four Phases I. 127 Evidence of the most distinct and indubitable description. | |
| − | = | + | *b. absol. as n. An indubitable [[thing]] or [[fact]]. |
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| − | + | 1733 WATTS Philos. Ess. Pref. {page}6 A few Indubitables. | |
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| + | Hence in{sm}dubitableness, the [[quality]] of [[being]] without any doubt. Also indubita{sm}bility = INDUBITABLENESS. | ||
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| + | 1727 in BAILEY vol. II. 1849 Fraser's Mag. XL. 522 Receiving indubitableness, not from this world, but..from the sure and certain [[truth]] of the life to come. 1933 Mind XLII. 531 Even if Husserl's argument concerning the indubitability of [[transcendental]] selves be granted, it does not follow [etc.]. 1946 Nature 10 Aug. 185/2 There remains a residuum of indubitability consisting of our sensations themselves and the ultimate elements of [[rational]] necessity. | ||
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- a. That cannot be doubted; perfectly certain or evident.
1625 CONWAY in Howell's Lett. I. IV. vii, Prince Charles, his rightful and indubitable Heir. 1678 CUDWORTH Intell. Syst. I. v. 716 Whensoever any thing is thus necessarily inferred, from what is undeniable and indubitable, this is a Demonstration. 1725 WATTS Logic II. ii. §7 Those Propositions, which contain the most certain and indubitable Truths. 1775 JOHNSON Tax. no Tyr. 13 That the Americans are able to bear taxation, is indubitable. 1871 BLACKIE Four Phases I. 127 Evidence of the most distinct and indubitable description.
1733 WATTS Philos. Ess. Pref. {page}6 A few Indubitables.
Hence in{sm}dubitableness, the quality of being without any doubt. Also indubita{sm}bility = INDUBITABLENESS.
1727 in BAILEY vol. II. 1849 Fraser's Mag. XL. 522 Receiving indubitableness, not from this world, but..from the sure and certain truth of the life to come. 1933 Mind XLII. 531 Even if Husserl's argument concerning the indubitability of transcendental selves be granted, it does not follow [etc.]. 1946 Nature 10 Aug. 185/2 There remains a residuum of indubitability consisting of our sensations themselves and the ultimate elements of rational necessity.
