Hesitate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HES'ITATE, v.i. s ... hesitated whether to accept the offer or not. We often hesitate what judgment to form. It is never transitive, unless by poetic license. Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. 2. To stammer; to stop in speaking. WordNet (r ... 1: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" [syn: hesitate, waver, waffle] 2: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused" [syn: hesitate, pause] Merriam Webster's verb (-tated; -tating) Etymology: Latin ...
not hesitate definitions Moby Thesaurus acquiesce, agree, be agreeable to, be dying ... out, go along with, incline, lean, look kindly upon, not hesitate to, not look back, plunge into, stick at nothing, stop ...
... L., G.] 1. To waver or fluctuate in opinion; to hesitate; to be in suspense; to be in uncertainty; to be ... To question, or hold questionable; to withhold assent from; to hesitate to believe; as, I have heard the story, but I ... do not doubt but that you are wrong). 2 tr. hesitate to believe or trust. 3 intr. (often foll. by of ... doute f. OF doute (n.), douter (v.) f. L dubitare hesitate; mod. spelling after L Webster's 1913 Dictionary Doubt Doubt ... to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of ... fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.] Syn: To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Doubt Doubt, ...
... of the eclipse. SCRU'PLE, v.i. To doubt; to hesitate. He scrupl'd not to eat, against his better knowledge. SCRU'PLE, v.t. To doubt; to hesitate to believe; to question; as, to scruple the truth or ... an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action v 1: hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself" 2 ... have scruples 2. to show reluctance on grounds of conscience ; hesitate Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. 1 (in sing. or ... Scru"ple, v. t. 1. To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question. Others long before them . . . scrupled more the ... his tastes and his scruples. --Macaulay. To make scruple, to hesitate from conscientious motives; to scruple. --Locke. Webster's 1913 ...
... to begin to give way. The enemy staggers. 3. To hesitate; to begin to doubt and waver in purpose; to become ... 2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock. Whoever will ... toward the door > 2. to waver in purpose or action ; hesitate 3. to rock violently < the ship staggered > transitive verb 1. to cause to doubt or hesitate ; perplex 2. to cause to reel or totter 3. to ... by the blow). 2 a tr. shock, confuse; cause to hesitate or waver (the question staggered them; they were staggered at the suggestion). b intr. hesitate; waver in purpose. 3 tr. arrange (events, hours of ...
... 1828 Dictionary BOG'GLE, v.i. 1. To doubt; to hesitate; to stop, as if afraid to proceed, or as if ... 0 (2005) v 1: startle with amazement or fear 2: hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or ... overwhelmed < the mind boggles at the research needed > 2. to hesitate because of doubt, fear, or scruples transitive verb 1. mishandle ... esp. the mind boggles). 2 (usu. foll. by about, at) hesitate, demur. Etymology: prob. f. dial. boggle BOGEY(2) Webster's ... vb. n. Boggling.] [ See Bogle, n.] 1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by ... play fast and loose; to dissemble. --Howell. Syn: To doubt; hesitate; shrink; stickle; demur. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (boggles, boggling, ...
... short, or to err, to miss, to deviate.] 1. To hesitate, fail or break in the utterance of words; to speak ... brokenly or weakly ; stammer < her voice faltered > 3. a. to hesitate in purpose or action ; waver < he never faltered in his ... faltering > transitive verb to utter hesitatingly or brokenly Synonyms: see hesitate • falterer noun • falteringly adverb II. noun Date: 1834 an act ... faltren, prob. from fault. See Fault, v. & n.] 1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue ... be unsteady. ``He found his legs falter.'' --Wiseman. 3. To hesitate in purpose or action. Ere her native king Shall falter ... V Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. 1. Hesitate (in speech), stammer, stutter. 2. Fail, waver, tremble, totter. ...
... To stay or delay.] 1. To stop; to pause; to hesitate; to suspend proceeding; to delay determination or conclusion. On receiving ... delay — more at mora Date: 13th century 1. archaic delay, hesitate 2. to file a demurrer 3. to take exception ; object ... or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair ... t. 1. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. [Obs.] The latter I demur, for in their looks ... v Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. 1. Hesitate, pause, stop, waver, be in doubt, stop to consider. 2 ... back, hang off, have qualms, hem and haw, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hesitation, hold off, holler, hover, howl, hum and haw, ...
... 1: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" [syn: hesitate, waver, waffle] 2: be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is ... fro ; reel, totter b. quiver, flicker < wavering flames > c. to hesitate as if about to give way ; falter 3. to give an unsteady sound ; quaver Synonyms: see swing, hesitate • waverer noun • waveringly adverb II. noun Date: 1519 an act ... 2. Totter, reel, be in danger of falling. 3. Vacillate, hesitate, fluctuate, be in suspense, be undetermined, be unsettled, be in ... halt, hang back, hang off, have qualms, hem and haw, hesitate, hold off, librate, lurch, make bones about, nutate, oscillate, ...
... interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused" [syn: hesitate, pause] 2: cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station ... Phrases and idioms: give pause to cause (a person) to hesitate. Etymology: ME f. OF pause or L pausa f. Gk ... be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses. 3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.] Why doth the Jew ... off. 2. Stop, wait, forbear, delay, tarry, stay, intermit. 3. Hesitate, demur, deliberate, waver, hold back. Moby Thesaurus abeyance, accent, accent ... up, happy hour, have qualms, hem and haw, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hesitation, hiatus, hindrance, hold, hold off, hold up, hold-up ...
... is, to stop. Stut is not used.] To stammer; to hesitate in uttering words. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... L. tundere, Skr. tud to thrust. Cf. Contuse, Obtuse.] To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition ... the first sound of a word, and so they often hesitate or repeat it two or three times. He spoke with ... adv Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. Stammer, hesitate, falter. Moby Thesaurus balbuties, dysphemia, falter, faltering, halt, hammer, haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw, mammer, palilalia, stammer, stammering, stumble ...
... to stop in uttering syllables or words; to stutter; to hesitate or falter in speaking; and hence, to speak with stops ... To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. n. Stutter, hesitate (in speaking), falter, haw, hum and haw. II. n. Stutter ... faltering, flush, gibber, halt, hammer, haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hesitation, hum, hum and haw, jabber, look guilty, lurch, mammer ...
... fluctuate, oscillate 2. to waver in mind, will, or feeling ; hesitate in choice of opinions or courses Synonyms: see hesitate • vacillatingly adverb • vacillator noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v.intr. 1 ... and fro, have an unsteady motion, waver. 2. Waver, fluctuate, hesitate, be inconstant, be unsettled, be unsteady, play fast and loose ... phases, halt, halting, hang in doubt, hem and haw, hesitant, hesitate, hesitating, inconstant, indecisive, insecure, irresolute, librate, lurch, mercurial, nutate, oscillate ...
... To limp; that is, to stop with lameness. 3. To hesitate; to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to ... intr. 1 (esp. as halting adj.) lack smooth progress. 2 hesitate (halt between two opinions). 3 walk hesitatingly. 4 archaic be ... in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain. How long halt ye between two opinions ... haul up, have done with, haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hindrance, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hobbling, hold, holdup, hole, hop ...
... faltering tongue sticks at the sound. 6. To stop; to hesitate. He sticks at no difficulty; he sticks at the commission ... throat. 8. To cause difficulties or scruples; to cause to hesitate. This is the difficulty that sticks with the most reasonable ... the last. --Dryden. 4. To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with ... stop, stay, hold fast, be infixed, cling. 3. Stop. 4. Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stickle, be embarrassed, be puzzled. Moby Thesaurus ...