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dubitate

dubitate verb: to doubt.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, rare) to doubt
    • If […] he were to loiter dubitating, and not come1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book II (Nanci), page 92

Forms of dubitate

third-person singular presentdubitates
present participledubitating
past participledubitated
pastdubitated

Origin of dubitate

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

Questions about dubitate

What does dubitate mean?
Dubitate means to doubt.
What part of speech is dubitate?
Dubitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dubitate?
The past tense of dubitate is dubitated.

Words near dubitate in the dictionary

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

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