dubitate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1837; borrowed from Latin dubitātus, perfect passive participle of dubitō (“to doubt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of doubt.

Verb

dubitate (third-person singular simple present dubitates, present participle dubitating, simple past and past participle dubitated)

1. (intransitive, rare) 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

Related terms

• dubitative

References

• “dubitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Ido

Verb

dubitate

1. adverbial present passive participle of dubitar

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

dubitate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

dubitate f pl

1. feminine plural of dubitato

Anagrams

• debuttai

Latin

Verb

dubitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dubitō