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HESITATE
hesitate, waver, waffle
(verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; “Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures”
hesitate, pause
(verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; “The speaker paused”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hesitate (third-person singular simple present hesitates, present participle hesitating, simple past and past participle hesitated)
(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
(transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
• Alexander Pope
Usage notes
• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See English catenative verbs
Synonyms
• (to stop respecting decision or action): demur, falter, mammer, scruple, waver; see also hesitate
• (to falter in speaking): balbucinate, balbutiate, falter, hem, haw, stammer, stutter
• (to utter with hesitation): falter
Anagrams
• athetise, hatesite
Source: Wiktionary
Hes"i*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hesitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hesitating.] Etym: [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. Aghast, Gaze, Adhere.]
1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Pope.
2. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
Syn.
– To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
Hes"i*tate, v. t.
Definition: To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.] Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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