the wits, throw off the scent, ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces[Lat]; keep in suspense.
     doubt &c. (disbelieve) 485; hang in the balance, tremble in the
balance; depend. 
     Adj. uncertain; casual; random &c. (aimless) 621; changeable &c. 149.
     doubtful, dubious; indecisive; unsettled, undecided, undetermined; in
suspense, open to discussion; controvertible; in question &c. (inquiry) 461.
     vague; indeterminate, indefinite; ambiguous, equivocal; undefined,
undefinable; confused &c. (indistinct) 447; mystic, oracular; dazed.
     perplexing &c. v.; enigmatic, paradoxical, apocryphal, problematical,
hypothetical; experimental &c. 463.
     unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable) 519.
     fallible, questionable, precarious, slippery, ticklish, debatable,
disputable; unreliable, untrustworthy.
     contingent, contingent on, dependent on; subject to; dependent on
circumstances; occasional; provisional.
     unauthentic, unauthenticated, unauthoritative; unascertained,
unconfirmed; undemonstrated; untold, uncounted.
     in a state of uncertainty, in a cloud, in a maze; bushed, off the
track; ignorant.&c. 491; afraid to say; out of one’s reckoning, astray, adrift; at sea, at fault, at a loss, at one’s wit’s end, at a nonplus; puzzled &c. v.; lost, abroad, dsorient; distracted, distraught. 
     Adv. pendente lite[Lat]; sub spe rati[Lat]. 
     Phr.  Heaven knows; who can tell? who shall decide when doctors
disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces[Lat].

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     #476.  Reasoning, —­ N. {ant. 477} reasoning, ratiocination, rationalism;
dialectics, induction, generalization.
     discussion, comment; ventilation; inquiry &c. 461.
     argumentation, controversy, debate; polemics, wrangling; contention
&c. 720 logomachy[obs3]; disputation, disceptation[obs3]; paper war.
     art of reasoning, logic.
     process of reasoning, train of reasoning, chain of reasoning;
deduction, induction, abduction; synthesis, analysis.
     argument; case, plaidoyer[obs3], opening; lemma, proposition, terms,
premises, postulate, data, starting point, principle; inference &c. (judgment) 480.
     prosyllogism[obs3], syllogism; enthymeme[obs3], sorites[obs3],
dilemma, perilepsis[obs3], a priori reasoning, reductio ad absurdum, horns of a dilemma, argumentum ad hominem [Lat.], comprehensive argument; empirema[obs3], epagoge[obs3].
     [person who reasons] reasoner, logician, dialectician; disputant;
controversialist, controvertist[obs3]; wrangler, arguer, debater polemic, casuist, rationalist; scientist; eristic[obs3].
     logical sequence; good case; correct just reasoning, sound reasoning,
valid reasoning, cogent reasoning, logical reasoning, forcible reasoning, persuasive reasoning, persuasory reasoning[obs3], consectary reasoning|, conclusive