Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sciscitation \Scis`ci*ta"tion\, n. [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.