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, 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
References
- “dubitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Ido
Verb
dubitate
- adverbial present passive participle of dubitar
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
dubitate
- inflection of dubitare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
dubitate f pl
- feminine plural of dubitato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
dubitāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of dubitō