APORIOR, this verb is not common; it signifies to be in doubt, uncertainty, or perplexity: we meet with it in the Vulgate, Eccl. xviii. 6. Cum quieverit aporiabitur; when a man shall meditate quietly upon the wonders wrought by God, he will be exceedingly amazed. And in Isai. lix. 6. Aporiatus est, quia non est qui occurret; he was grieved that no one interposed to stop him. And in S. Paul, 1 Cor. iv. 8. Aporiamur, sed non destituimur; we are perplexed, but are not discouraged. In Eccluf. xxvii. 5. we likewise meet with aporia, which is derived from the same root, Sic aporia hominis in cogitatu illius; by often ruminating and reflecting, we at last find our selves more embarrassed and uncertain.
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