dubitate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dubitātus (“doubted”), past participle of dubitō (“I doubt”). Doublet of doubt.
Verb
dubitate (third-person singular simple present dubitates, present participle dubitating, simple past and past participle dubitated)
- (intransitive, archaic) to doubt
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
- If he […] were to loiter dubitating, and not come.
Derived terms
References
- “dubitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Ido
Italian
Verb
dubitate
- inflection of dubitare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Latin
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