dubitatev.
/ˈdjuːbɪteɪt/ rare.
intransitive. To doubt, hesitate, waver.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)]
tweonc897
to be at or in weeningc1275
doubtc1325
dreadc1400
vary1477
swither1535
stay1583
to have or make scruple of1600
demur1612
demurea1616
hesitate1623
Nicodemize1624
scruple1639
scrupulize1642
query1647
to make doubt1709
to have scruples1719
to have weres1768
mislippen1816
dubitate1837
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. ii. vi. 127 If..he were to loiter dubitating, and not come.
1879 H. Maudsley Pathol. of Mind vii. 312 If it were some great thing concerning which they dubitated and wavered.
Derivatives
ˈdubitating n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun]
studyinglOE
orrathnessc1175
doubta1225
balance1297
were1303
doubtancec1325
unsickernessc1340
wilsomenessa1400
wonda1400
scriple?a1425
ambiguityc1425
diswerec1440
dubitationc1450
variation?1473
incertainty1483
doubting1486
doubtfulness1526
scrupulousness1526
scruple1548
uncertainty1548
disputation1549
irresolution1592
swithering1597
hesitance1601
incertitude1601
unpersuadedness1612
inassurance1614
hesitancy1617
unsettledness1619
hesitation1622
unsatisfaction1643
unsatisfiedness1646
dubitancy1649
insecurity1649
dispersuasion1653
unassuredness1660
scrupling1665
unconfidencea1670
swither1719
dubietyc1750
mank1808
suspense1816
dubitating1837
doubtingness1840
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. i. 171 What dubitating, what circumambulating.
ˈdubitatingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adverb]
doubtouslyc1350
incertainly1530
doubtinglya1535
unsurely1595
falteringly1611
uncertainly1613
dubitatively1615
with a grain of salt1647
doubtily1654
hesitantly1660
unsatisfiedly1661
doubtfully1664
Pyrrhonically1710
uncertaina1718
dubitatingly1827
undecidedly1856
1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. 231 Dubitatingly.
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 179 Answered dubitatingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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