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dubitating

dubitating is the present participle and gerund of dubitate.

Meaning of dubitate

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

Questions about dubitating

What is dubitating the present participle and gerund of?
Dubitating is the present participle and gerund of dubitate.

Words near dubitating in the dictionary

  1. dubitancy
  2. dubitante
  3. dubitate
  4. dubitated
  5. dubitates
  6. dubitating
  7. dubitation
  8. dubitations
  9. dubitatioun
  10. dubitative
  11. dubitatively

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