dubitate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dubitātus (“doubted”), past participle of dubitō (“I doubt”).

Verb

1. to doubt
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

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

Derived terms

• dubitative

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dubitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Ido

Verb

dubitate

1. adverbial present passive participle of dubitar

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Italian

Verb

dubitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of dubitare
2. second-person plural imperative of dubitare
3. feminine plural of dubitato

Anagrams

• debuttai

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dubitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dubitō