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HESITATE

\hˈɛsɪtˌe͡ɪt], \hˈɛsɪtˌe‍ɪt], \h_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of HESITATE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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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.
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To be in suspense or uncertainty; pause; vacillate; stammer.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To stop in making a decision: to be in doubt: to stammer.
HESITATINGLY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

HESITATINGLY.
To be in doubt; be slow in deciding; deliberate; falter.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To be undecided; falter in action or speech.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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