dubitate

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verb

to doubt

OriginLatin dubitātus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person dubitates · participle present dubitating · participle past dubitated · past dubitated

  1. intransitiverareto doubt

    If […] he were to loiter dubitating, and not come

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book II (Nanci), page 92

Origin

  1. Latindubitātus
  2. Englishdubitate

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

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Translations

Spanish dubitar
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APA

dubitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubitate

MLA

“dubitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubitate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dubitate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubitate.

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