O*pin"ia*tive (?), a. Opinionative. Glanvill. -- O*pin"ia*tive*ly, adv.
-- O*pin"ia*tive*ness, n.
{ O`pin*ia"tor, O`pin*ia"tre } (?), n. One who is opinionated. [Obs.]
South. Barrow.
O`pin*ia"tre, a. See Opiniaster. [Obs.] Locke.
O`pin*iat"re*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. opiniâtreté.] Obstinacy in opinious.
[Written also opiniatry.] [Obs.]
O*pin"i*cus (&?;), n. (Her.) An imaginary animal borne as a charge,
having wings, an eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes
represented without wings.
O*pin"ing (?), n. Opinion. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
O*pin"ion (?), n. [F., from L. opinio. See Opine.] 1. That which is
opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief
stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled
judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.
Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by
evidence of probability, that it rather inclines to one persussion
than to another, yet not without a mixture of incertainty or
doubting.
Sir M. Hale.