dubitate

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)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to doubt
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, OCLC 1026761782, (please specify the book or page number):

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

Derived terms

• dubitative

References

• dubitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Ido

Verb

dubitate

1. adverbial present passive participle of dubitar

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Italian

Verb

dubitate

1. inflection of dubitare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

dubitate f pl

1. feminine plural of dubitato

Anagrams

• debuttai

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Latin

Verb

dubitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dubitō