Etymology

dubitante

du·bi·tan·te
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Today it means: Having doubts; used in law reports of a judge who is doubtful about a legal proposition but hesitates to declare it wrong. Full definition →

Latin dubitante
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromdubitante
  2. English todaydubitante

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

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