HESITATED
Verb
hesitated
simple past tense and past participle of hesitate
Source: Wiktionary
HESITATE
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