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dubitate, v. rare.|ˈdjuːbɪteɪt|
[f. L. dubitāt-, ppl. stem of dubitāre to doubt.]
intr. To doubt, hesitate, waver.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. ii. vi, If..he were to loiter dubitating, and not come. 1879H. Maudsley Pathol. Mind vii. 312 If it were some great thing concerning which they dubitated and wavered.
Hence ˈdubitating, vbl. n. and ppl. a.; ˈdubitatingly adv.
1827Carlyle Germ. Rom. I. 231 Dubitatingly. 1837― Fr. Rev. I. iv. i, What dubitating, what circumambulating. 1845― Cromwell (1871) III. 194 Answered dubitatingly. |