sciscitation
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Etymology
From Latin sciscitatio, from sciscere (“to seek to know”), verb inchoate from scire (“to know”).
Noun
sciscitation (countable and uncountable, plural sciscitations)
- (obsolete) The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.
- 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
- There is not a more noble proof of our faith than to captivate all the powers of our understanding and will to our Creator, and without all sciscitation to go blindfold whither he will lead us.
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