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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

sciscitatio

, fr.

sciscitari

to inquire, from

sciscere

to seek to know, v. incho. from

scire

to know.]

The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.

[Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Noun.

[L. sciscitor, to inquire or demand.]

The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand. [Little used.]

sciscitation ‎(plural sciscitations)

(obsolete) The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.
- Bishop Joseph Hall
  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.