dubitate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin dubitātus (“doubted”), past participle of dubitō (“I doubt”). Doublet of doubt.
Verb
[edit]dubitate (third-person singular simple present dubitates, present participle dubitating, simple past and past participle dubitated)
- (intransitive, archaic) to doubt
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book II (Nanci), page 92:
- If […] he were to loiter dubitating, and not come
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “dubitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Ido
[edit]Verb
[edit]dubitate
- adverbial present passive participle of dubitar
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]dubitate
- inflection of dubitare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]dubitate f pl
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]dubitāte
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