out of doubt

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out of doubt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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