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Quotation dates: 1684
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Titubat, v. [L. titubāt-, ppl. stem of titubāre to stagger.] intr. To become uncertain, to vacillate. — 1684 Lauder Notices Affairs II 518.
Albeit all pains was taken to expiscate circumstances, to cause them vary and titubat, yet Herries and Gaudy declared positively they heard [etc.]
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