indubitate

/ɪnˈd(j)uːbɪteɪt/

indubitate verb: to bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted.

Verb

indubitate (third-person singular simple present indubitates, present participle indubitating, simple past and past participle indubitated)

(obsolete) To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted.
- to conceal, or indubitate, his existency1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

IPA/ɪnˈd(j)uːbɪtət/

indubitate (comparative more indubitate, superlative most indubitate)

Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain.
- On the other side, if he stood upon his own title of the house of Lancaster, inherent in his person, he knew it was a title condemned by parliament, and generally prejudged in the common opinion of the realm, and that it tended directly to the disinherison of the line of York, held then the...1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII

Verb
third-person singular present	indubitates
present participle	indubitating
past participle	indubitated
past	indubitated
Adjective
comparative	more indubitate
superlative	most indubitate

From Latin indubitatus, past participle of indubitare; prefix in- (“in”) + dubitare (“to doubt”).

What does indubitate mean?: Indubitate means to bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted.
What part of speech is indubitate?: Indubitate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce indubitate?: Indubitate is pronounced /ɪnˈd(j)uːbɪteɪt/.
What is the past tense of indubitate?: The past tense of indubitate is indubitated.

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