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Webster 1913 Edition
Uncertainty
Un-cer′tain-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Uncertainties
. 1.
The quality or state of being uncertain.
2.
That which is uncertain; something unknown.
Our shepherd’s case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an
uncertainty
. L'Estrange.
Webster 1828 Edition
Uncertainty
UNCER'TAINTY
, n.1.
doubtfulness; dubiousness. The truth is not ascertained; the latest accounts have not removed the uncertainty.2.
Want of certainty; want of precision; as the uncertainty of the signification of words.3.
Contingency.Steadfastly grasping the greatest and most slippery uncertainties.
4.
Something unknown.Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a certainty for an uncertainty.