Dubitate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    to doubt intransitive, rare

    "If […] he were to loiter dubitating, and not come"

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"If […] he were to loiter dubitating, and not come"

Etymology

First attested in 1837; borrowed from Latin dubitātus, perfect passive participle of dubitō (“to doubt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of doubt.

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