Un*cer"tain (?), a. [Pref. un- + certain. Cf. Incertain.]
1.
Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.
Chaucer.
Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that he hopes for.
Tillotson.
2.
Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.
O woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please!
Sir W. Scott.
3.
Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical.
"The fashion of
uncertain evils."
Milton.
From certain dangers to uncertain praise.
Dryden.
4.
Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.
Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim.
Dryden.
Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone.
Gay.
Syn. -- See Precarious.
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Un*cer"tain, v. t. [1st pref. un- + certain; or fr. uncertain, a.]
To make uncertain.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
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