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English Dictionary: hesitate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hesitate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hesitate v pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" Synonym(s): hesitate, waver, waffle interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused" Synonym(s): hesitate, pause
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitate \Hes"itate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hesitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hesitating}.] [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. {Aghast}, {Gaze}, {Adhere}.] 1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate* in forming a judgment. --Pope. 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Syn: To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitate \Hes"itate\, v. t. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.] Just hint a fault, and hesitate* dislike. --Pope.