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dubitante

Syllables: du·bi·tan·te/ˌd(j)uː.bɪˈtæn.tiː/US/ˌd(j)u.bɪˈtæn.ti/

dubitante adjective: having doubts; used in law reports of a judge who is doubtful about a legal proposition but hesitates to declare it wrong.

Adjective

dubitante (comparative more dubitante, superlative most dubitante)

  1. Having doubts; used in law reports of a judge who is doubtful about a legal proposition but hesitates to declare it wrong.

Forms of dubitante

comparativemore dubitante
superlativemost dubitante

Origin of dubitante

Learned borrowing from Latin dubitante, ablative masculine singular of dubitāns (“doubting”), present participle of dubitāre (“to doubt”).

Words that rhyme with dubitante

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Questions about dubitante

What does dubitante mean?
Dubitante means having doubts; used in law reports of a judge who is doubtful about a legal proposition but hesitates to declare it wrong.
What part of speech is dubitante?
Dubitante is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dubitante?
Dubitante is pronounced /ˌd(j)uː.bɪˈtæn.tiː/ (UK).

Words near dubitante in the dictionary

  1. dubitable
  2. dubitably
  3. dubitacion
  4. dubitancies
  5. dubitancy
  6. dubitante
  7. dubitate
  8. dubitated
  9. dubitates
  10. dubitating
  11. dubitation

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